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27. 02. 2025

Current interpretation of selected aspects of frustration of the performance of a work

Section 2613 of Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code, as amended (hereinafter as the “CC“), deals with the frustration of the performance of the work, stating that “if the client frustrates the performance of the work for which the client bears liability, the contractor is entitled to the price for the work decreased by …

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20. 02. 2025

New regulations and ESG standards: what do they bring to SMEs?

The sustainability and ESG landscape is undergoing major changes that are impacting not only large companies, but also gradually small and medium-sized enterprises (the “SMEs“). The European Union has introduced two key documents – the Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for Non-listed SMEs (the “VSME“) and the Regulation on Transparency and Integrity of Environmental, Social and …

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13. 02. 2025

Prohibited practices of artificial intelligence under the AI Act

Artificial Intelligence (or also “AI”) may seem like an eternally inflected topic these days. Not long after the European Data Protection Board commented on the processing of personal data in the context of AI models, the European Commission (the “Commission”) came out with another document, Draft guidelines on prohibited AI practices under the AI Act.[1] …

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06. 02. 2025

Lex Ukraine VII: temporary protection, conditions of residence and more

On 18 December 2024, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill amending Act No. 65/2022 Coll, on certain measures in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine caused by the invasion of the troops of the Russian Federation, as amended, and other related laws (hereinafter as the “Amendment“). With the not very diminishing …

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