We provided legal assistance to a Latvian media company regarding a complaint against our client regarding the publication of information. We represented the company before the National Electronic Mass Media Council regarding a breach of the Law of Electronic Mass Media and provided legal assistance to the company before the Media Ethics Council regarding a […]
We are providing pro bono legal assistance to journalists from TVNET GRUPA and the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica in connection with the persecution and intimidation of journalists carried out by a private individual. Highlighting the issue To protect their rights, journalists have turned to law enforcement agencies, as well as asking senior state […]
We provided legal assistance to Ivonna Plaude, Editor-in-Chief of Independent News of Tukums, in a dispute against Tukums Municipal Council for insulting her honour and dignity. About the dispute The dispute was connected to the publication of false and defamatory information in the municipal newsletter. In June 2021, Plaude applied to the court, asking for […]
We assisted the Riga Municipality to reach a settlement with Competition Council in the infringement case initiated against the Riga Municipality and Getliņi EKO regarding alleged abuse of a dominant position in the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union in the Waste Management Sector under Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning […]
We have been advising and representing JYSK – the largest Danish retailer operating internationally –– before Latvia’s constitutional court and the Competition Council, as well as the Ministry of Economics. The subject matter The subject matter related to government-imposed restrictions on commerce at so-called “big shopping centres” that have at least 7,000 m2 of commercial […]
