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Amendment to the Capital Market Undertakings Act – What Will the Listing Act Package Bring?
On 14 July 2026, the Chamber of Deputies discussed, in its first reading, the government bill amending Act No. 256/2004 Coll., on Business Activities on the Capital Market (the “CMUA”)[1], introduced as Parliamentary Print No. 143. The bill represents one of the most extensive revisions of capital market regulation in recent years – alongside the …
Read moreSilence Does Not Constitute a Refusal: On the Preclusion of a Shareholder’s Right to Information
A shareholder’s right to information in a limited liability company is one of the fundamental rights arising from their participation in the company. Pursuant to Section 155 of Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Companies and Cooperatives, as amended (hereinafter the “BCA”), a shareholder may request information about the company from the managing directors, inspect …
Read moreFurther Measures to Implement the EUDR – What Comes Next?
On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted a further set of measures aimed at implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation (hereinafter the “EUDR”). …
Read moreStatute of Limitations for Claims Whose Due Date Depends on the Creditor’s Discretion: The Supreme Court’s Return to a Rational Interpretation of When the Statute of Limitations Begins to Run
In its judgment from 24 June 2026, Case No. 23 Cdo 2613/2025 (hereinafter as the “Decision”), the Supreme Court significantly revised its previous approach to determining the commencement of the statute of limitations for rights to contractual performance, the due date of which is, according to the parties’ agreement, left to the creditor’s discretion. It …
Read moreThe “withdrawal button” as the new standard for online consumer interfaces
Concluding consumer contracts via the internet is now a common part of commercial practice. The online interface enables consumers to conclude a contract within a matter of minutes, usually via a highly automated ordering process. This is precisely why, in recent years, the attention of both EU and Czech legislators has increasingly focused not only …
Read moreInheritance in the Virtual World: Who Will Inherit Our Accounts, Data, Social Networks and Cryptocurrencies?
Digitalisation is gradually changing not only the way we work, communicate or invest, but also the nature of the property we leave behind. In addition to traditional objects of inheritance, such as real estate, funds in bank accounts or movable assets, the modern world is also opening the door to new objects of inheritance, particularly …
Read moreAmendment to the Capital Market Undertakings Act – What Will the Listing Act Package Bring?
On 14 July 2026, the Chamber of Deputies discussed, in its first reading, the government bill amending Act No. 256/2004 Coll., on Business Activities on the Capital Market (the “CMUA”)[1], introduced as Parliamentary Print No. 143. The bill represents one of the most extensive revisions of capital market regulation in recent years – alongside the …
Read moreSilence Does Not Constitute a Refusal: On the Preclusion of a Shareholder’s Right to Information
A shareholder’s right to information in a limited liability company is one of the fundamental rights arising from their participation in the company. Pursuant to Section 155 of Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Companies and Cooperatives, as amended (hereinafter the “BCA”), a shareholder may request information about the company from the managing directors, inspect …
Read moreFurther Measures to Implement the EUDR – What Comes Next?
On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted a further set of measures aimed at implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation (hereinafter the “EUDR”). …
Read moreStatute of Limitations for Claims Whose Due Date Depends on the Creditor’s Discretion: The Supreme Court’s Return to a Rational Interpretation of When the Statute of Limitations Begins to Run
In its judgment from 24 June 2026, Case No. 23 Cdo 2613/2025 (hereinafter as the “Decision”), the Supreme Court significantly revised its previous approach to determining the commencement of the statute of limitations for rights to contractual performance, the due date of which is, according to the parties’ agreement, left to the creditor’s discretion. It …
Read moreThe “withdrawal button” as the new standard for online consumer interfaces
Concluding consumer contracts via the internet is now a common part of commercial practice. The online interface enables consumers to conclude a contract within a matter of minutes, usually via a highly automated ordering process. This is precisely why, in recent years, the attention of both EU and Czech legislators has increasingly focused not only …
Read moreInheritance in the Virtual World: Who Will Inherit Our Accounts, Data, Social Networks and Cryptocurrencies?
Digitalisation is gradually changing not only the way we work, communicate or invest, but also the nature of the property we leave behind. In addition to traditional objects of inheritance, such as real estate, funds in bank accounts or movable assets, the modern world is also opening the door to new objects of inheritance, particularly …
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