CEE Litigation Newsletter
It is our pleasure to share with you the latest edition of the CEE Litigation Newsletter powered by PETERKA & PARTNERS. We bring you a summary of practical litigation legal news from jurisdictions of Slovakia, Hungary, Czech republic and Romania. Enjoy the reading!
More favourable consumer complaint handling rules for businesses in Hungary
Pursuant to recent amendments to the Hungarian Consumer Protection Act, proceedings by the consumer protection authority can only be initiated after the consumer has tried to resolve the dispute directly with the business concerned. A written complaint submitted by a consumer shall be answered in writing within 30 days of receipt in a way that […]
New Vertical Block Exemption Regulations (VBER)
As of 1 June 2022, the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulations (VBER) apply, which bring with them changes to the regulation of customer-supplier relations.The types of agreements covered by the VBER are agreements between undertakings operating at different levels of the production or distribution chain with a market share of less than 30%. This typically […]
PETERKA & PARTNERS Expands to Croatia
Peterka & Partners, a leading Central and Eastern European law firm, has announced the opening of a new office in Croatia. The new office, located in Zagreb, became operational on 1 March 2023. This marks an important milestone for the firm, which has been working towards expanding its presence to Croatia for the past seven […]
Whistleblower Protection Bill on its way to second reading
The Whistleblower Protection Bill, which has been debated extensively over the past year, is now heading for its second reading after its consideration by the Constitutional Law Committee as a committee of guarantee. Consideration of the bill is proposed for the agenda of the 63rd session of the Chamber of Deputies, which will take place […]
We should adapt to and accommodate the incoming generation, say the directors of Peterka & Partners
We are proud to be a main partner of the extraordinary project „#PRVNÍCH100LET (žen v právu)“ (Women in Law). The unique “Women in Law” project brings together the inspiring women of today’s legal world and public life. Is a legal career interesting for the upcoming generation? What makes these women feel unique? What qualities are […]
ChatGPT from the perspective of copyright law
OpenAI, founded by Elon Musk, has been developing artificial intelligence capable of generating textand answering user queries for several years now. The latest version of ChatGPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) is a language model for automatically generating text based on user input. This chatbot has been available on the company’s servers since 30 November 2022, and […]
Hermès v. Rothschild Judgment: Conflict between freedom of artistic expression and trademark owner’s rights in a blockchain environment
Given the rapid development of new technologies, the question often arises as to what extent existing “traditional” legal concepts are able to encompass these developments and to what extent they can be applied to the reality of relationships arising in the metaverse or in blockchain. The full article can be found by following this link.
Breakthrough law on class actions
A draft law on class actions will enter the legislative process, which aims to enrich the Czech legal system with the institution of class actions. The draft law transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of consumers’ collective interests, the […]
#PRVNÍCH100LET: Cosmina Aron, Agnieszka Siwińska and Galyna Melnyk in live stream
We are proud to be a main partner of the extraordinary project „#PRVNÍCH100LET (žen v právu)“ (Women in Law). The unique “Women in Law” project brings together the inspiring women of today’s legal world and public life. This topic is especially important to us, because at PETERKA & PARTNERS women make up more than half […]