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White & Case: Amendment to Corporations Act – Brief overview of selected changes
On February 13, 2020, the first major amendment to Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on companies and cooperatives, as amended (the "Corporations Act"), was published in the Collection of Laws. It seeks to reduce the regulatory burden and fix certain interpretational ambiguities that plagued the previous version of this law. With a few exceptions, the amendment is slated to come into force as of January 1, 2021.
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Important information for employers – “new coronavirus in CR” – Czech government decision to close schools
On March 10, 2020 the Czech government decided to enact extraordinary measures to combat the spread of the new type of coronavirus that causes COVID-19. As a result, beginning on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, primary and secondary schools (elementary and high schools) and universities will be closed. This decision does not apply to nursery schools (preschools) at this moment, but it is very likely that they will also be closed in the near future.
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National perspectives on the CJEU Bayer decision
In the December 2019 edition of Synapse, we wrote about case C-688/17 (the Bayer decision) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which provides guidance on the compensation parties can receive when a patent holder has enforced a preliminary injunction (PI) against them that is later revoked.
Here, our European team looks at what this decision may mean for national practice.
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