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Trademark use in public procurements: anti-monopoly authority finds no unfair competition
The defendants took part in public procurements for the supply of Beckman Coulter products, even though they we not duly authorised to use the mark The anti-monopoly authority considered a range of criteria based on competition law As all four criteria were not met, the authority found that there was no unfair competition on the […]
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Ober-Haus: Baltic real estate market still challenging, but opportunities open up
Ober-Haus presents its annual real estate market report for 2024 on the capital cities of the Baltic countries. The report covers the office, retail, warehousing, residential and land markets in each of the capital cities: Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius. Our Baltic-wide team of real estate legal experts prepared legal notes for the report. Baltic real […]
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The Baltic Times: What is white-collar crime?
The article was prepared by Sorainen heads of Corporate Crime Investigations and Compliance Dr. iur Violeta Zeppa-Priedīte (Latvia) Norman Aas (Estonia) Darius Raulušaitis (Lithuania) With the association of the White Collar Crime team Agneta Rumpa; Krista Niklase; Jānis Dobelnieks; Hannelora Voiciša; Paula Šūtava; Kristers Pētersons Introduction One of the areas in which Sorainen assists clients is criminal […]
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European Legal update: 25.06. – 08.07.
Assistant lawyer Natājlija Ķīse compiled the material. Banking and finance EBA issues new guidelines to combat money laundering and terrorism financing in fund and crypto transfers Published: 4 July 2024 New guidelines on the “travel rule” have been announced by the European Banking Authority (EBA) to address the issue of money laundering and terrorism financing through […]
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Sorainen ESG-focused newsletter, Summer edition
CSRD transposition status in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia On 5 January 2023, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (the CSRD) entered into force. The CSRD requires large companies and all listed companies (except listed micro-enterprises) to disclose information on what they see as the risks and opportunities arising from social and environmental issues, and on the […]