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The end of contractual penalties clauses in employment contracts or yet another discrepancy in jurisprudence?This article comments on the recent judgement rendered by the Higher Labour and Social Court, Ref.…

Did Slovenian banks in the case of loans in Swiss francs act unconstitutionally?The authors of the legal opinion, Dr. Boštjan M. Zupančič and Dr. Ciril Ribičič, take the position that…

Amendments to the Prevention of Restriction of Competition ActPRCA-1, which shall enter into force on 20 May 2017, now allows persons who have incurred losses due to an infringement of…

Jurisprudence is becoming less reserved regarding piercing the corporate veilIn the case, the plaintiffs were buyers of apartments who demanded a purchase price reduction due to material defects to the…

The National Assembly once again passes the Apprenticeship ActThe Apprenticeship Act was reaffirmed in May after concentrated efforts by the Government and opens up the possibility of young people aged…

Comparative price-based advertising could be prohibited – Carrefour CaseIn the case at hand Carrefour ran an extensive television advertising campaign »Carrefour lowest price guarantee« in which it compared the prices…

From October 2017 registration of EU certification marks will be possibleThe new Regulation on the Community trade mark (Regulation), which we reported about in March 2016 , has inter alia…

Enforcements in Croatia concerning unpaid parking ticketsIn the past year, several EU citizens have received writs of execution issued by Croatian notaries public for the recovery of "contractual penalties" with…