USLAW launches Legaltech Hub In-House Legal Team Referral Program
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Amendments provided for the Labour law of Latvia
Posted November 13, 2014
On 23rd of October 2014 the parliament of the Republic of Latvia supported and adopted the law “Amendments to the Labour law”, which is going to come into force on the 1st of January 2015. Major changes to the Labour law are intended with these… Continue Reading
Rule your own company!
Posted October 3, 2014
On 15th March 2014 the new Civil Code of Hungary entered into force and it replaced the former Companies’ Act. The new Civil Code posed great challenges for the legal practitioners with its radical amendments a great amount of which affect the operation of companies.… Continue Reading
Hard times for Hungarian general managers?
Posted September 30, 2014
The new Civil Code of Hungary entered into force on 15th March 2014, replacing the former Civil Code and the Companies’ Act, and among other rules, introduced a new system of liability that affects general managers in Hungary in several ways. Contrary to the unified… Continue Reading
Amendments to the Norwegian Annual Holidays Act
Posted July 17, 2014
The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has passed amendments to the Norwegian Annual Holidays Act with effect from 1 July 2014. The reason for the amendments to the Act is Article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, which is incorporated into… Continue Reading
Guidelines on complaints-handling by insurance intermediaries.
Posted June 17, 2014
It is the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (FSA) who oversees the insurance intermediaries complaints proceedings. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) announced on 16 May 2014 "Guidelines on complaints handling by insurance intermediaries”. These guidelines have been prepared with the aim to… Continue Reading
Certain aspects of the amendment to the VAT law
Posted November 16, 2012
no. 246/2012 (hereinafter “the Act”) passed on 26th July 2012 amended no. 222/2004 as well as certain other laws, such as , The Commercial Code and Tax Administration Law (Tax Order). The primordial aim of the Act is action against ; provisions of the Act… Continue Reading
Russia and Luxembourg have amended their double tax treaty
Posted July 10, 2012
Russia and Luxembourghave amended their double dated on the 28th of June 1993 with the signature of a new protocol signed on the 21st of November 2011. The main elements of the protocol that follow increaseLuxembourg position for holding investments located inRussia and vice versa… Continue Reading