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📢PROVIDING ORIENTATION 📢 | Get introduced with a summary of recent legal changes to the Labour and Land Codes of the Republic of Lithuania overviewed by Ignė Rėklaitė, Senior lawyer at Rödl & Partner Lithuania. Stay updated! 🔹 Read more ⤵ 🔸 Amendments to the Labour Code: https://lnkd.in/eM6nWZsD 🔸Amendments to the Land Code: https://lnkd.in/eBaDYuKr #legalupdates #goodtoknow

📣 #LATESTonSEA ALERT 📣 A series of rulings from Thailand’s Constitutional Court have shaken up the country’s politics. Japhet Quitzon and Gregory Poling break down the implications of these changes: https://cs.is/4dpfLKu 👑 The court on August 7 ordered the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward Party, which holds the most seats in the parliament, declaring the party’s campaign proposal to amend Thailand’s strict lèse majesté laws unconstitutional. 🪑 The remaining 143 Move Forward parliamentarians were allowed to keep their seats and two days later launched the new People’s Party. 📜 Barely a week later, on August 15, the court ousted Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from power, finding him guilty of a gross ethics violation for appointing lawyer and convicted felon Pichit Chuenban as a cabinet minister in violation of the constitution. 🏛️ The Thai establishment’s repeated attempts to quell opposition through legal warfare will likely backfire.

Summary of what's going on between civil society and the current government in Slovakia

The Hungarian Ministry of Justice took a significant step by submitting a proposal to the Hungarian parliament, aiming to amend the Competition Act and introduce a groundbreaking ex-ante regime. This proposal aims to amend the Competition Act, introducing a groundbreaking ex-ante regime. This new approach empowers the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) to enforce obligations on selected companies without the need to demonstrate a prior violation of the law.   Stay tuned for further developments on this transformative initiative! For more information on this Directive, read our new Law-Now article here: https://lnkd.in/dbR_68PP or contact our experts: Szabolcs Szendro, Dora Petranyi and Márton Angyal #cmslaw #competitionlaw #competitionact

🗓 Mark your calendars! The European Court of Human Rights has scheduled the date for the #GrandChamber hearing in the case of Danileţ v. Romania. The hearing will take place on 18 December 2024. ⚖ This case concerns a disciplinary sanction imposed on a judge for posting two messages on his Facebook account. 📱 In its judgment on 20 February 2024, the Court (Chamber) held, by a majority, that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights. 🗣 📜 The Court (Chamber) found, inter alia, that the domestic courts had failed to give due consideration to several important factors, in particular concerning the broader context in which the applicant’s statements had been made, his participation in a debate on matters of public interest, the question whether the value judgments expressed had been sufficiently based in act and, lastly, the potentially chilling effect of the sanction. 💡 Judge Rădulețu expressed a concurring opinion. Judges Kucsko-Stadlmayer, Eicke and Bormann expressed a joint dissenting opinion. ↪ On 24 June 2024, the Panel of the Grand Chamber decided to refer the case for further examination. 🗓 The last Grand Chamber hearings against Romania took place in 2019 (Muhammad and Muhammad v. Romania) and 2023 (Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others). ⚖️ 🔗 The calendar of hearings, as well as the electronic form to attend a public hearing may be found here 👉 https://lnkd.in/d_d3VVUh #freedomofexpression #dutyofrestraint #magistrates #Art10 #ECHR

The Czech Whistleblower Protection Act, which became effective on August 1, 2023, aims to establish secure internal reporting channels for whistleblowers. While multinational companies often have global whistleblowing solutions, local implementation is necessary due to varying legislation across European countries. If you’re interested in learning more about whistleblowing in the Czech Republic, I recommend reading the new article ‘Current Issues Relating to Whistleblowing in the Czech Republic’ published by CEE Legal Matters , which I co-authored with our Director for the Czech Republic, Barbora Urbancová. #Whistleblowing #CEELegalMatters #CzechLaw #InternalReporting

📰 Exciting News! Our top-read article of the week on Concurrences.com is out! 🚀 This week's must-read is entitled The Court of Appeal of Eastern Denmark upholds the fine imposed by the Competition Authority against a media company for price fixing, contributed by the Danish Competition Authority Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen. Don't miss out on the insights on Concurrences and stay ahead in the competition law landscape. Check out the article here: https://lnkd.in/educRCby And here's the best part - you can access this article and thousands more with our FREE 2-week trial of Concurrences.com! Explore our comprehensive database and stay updated on the latest developments in competition law. Start your free trial today! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKX438Nd 👈 #CompetitionLaw #DanishCompetition #KonkurrenceKonkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen #PriceFixing #LegalInsights #FreeTrial #Concurrences

📝 The draft law on the Code on the organisation and functioning of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova has been publicly consulted. In this context, #LRCM_Lawyers have formulated several specific and reasoned recommendations that will contribute to a better functioning of the legislature. The main proposals to adjust the draft law concern: ☑ Clearer regulation of the “Parliamentary Opposition Dayˮ mechanism. ☑ Mandatory public consultation on amendments that conceptually change the draft law. ☑ Establishing the way for Parliament to examine draft laws supported by at least 5,000 citizens. ☑ Regulating in more detail the deadlines for the submission of civil society recommendations. ☑ Eliminating situations where draft legislation is improperly and unduly considered under urgent or priority procedure. All the recommendations in this #LegalOpinion (in Romanian) can be found at https://lnkd.in/dHWKvv9R

Mihi tautoko ki a koe Justin! "For a government to announce it will overrule the courts of law, in order to make it nigh on impossible for Māori to attempt to claim our customary rights, takes us back to the dark ages." While it is somewhat normalised in our 'liberal democracy' that Parliament will be led to overturn judicial law making, this also demonstrates the material and substantive racism which remains inherent in our policy making and decision taking processes, and within our political parties, and within the minds of those we vote to lead us. "... for the government to say that the courts need reining in, as if those old fears are real and present, is nothing less than a direct attack on Māori." "This government’s actions reopen the controversy." This government has so far consistently fed on reopening controversies (3 waters), and reopening normality and masquerading it controversies like te Reo signage, te Tiriti principles (putting aside what they are [which is very easy to find out btw] and who they serve [not generally Māori btw]), and 7aa.

A really thoughtful piece from our Kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.