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From November 2020, competition law infringements to result in significantly increased fines and wider liability
On 1 November 2020, important amendments to the Competition Law (‘the Law’) came into force in Lithuania, further increasing the need for businesses to prevent infringements. Greater liability for all infringements of the Law and significantly increased fines can potentially lead to the termination of businesses. The amendments are relevant to companies operating in any […]
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GCR Competition Economics Handbook 2020
Copenhagen Economics has interviewed partner Daivis Švirinas and senior associate Monika Mališauskaitė, along with the legal and economist team of the Lithuanian Competition Council (LCC) and prominent Lithuanian competition law experts for this year’s chapter on Lithuania. The chapter investigates three recent landmark decisions that highlight the increasing use of economic methods in public and […]
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CJEU: advertising cookies should not be imposed on consumers
A pre-checked checkbox does not constitute consent which a website user must give for storage of and access to cookies on their equipment. Therefore companies need to change their current practice. This was the conclusion reached by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment in Case C-673/17 Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und […]
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The Baltics: Different needs and speeds in the transposition of the trade mark directive
By 14 January 2019 the Member States of the European Union (EU) had to implement the New European Union Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436 of 16 December 2015 (the Trade Mark Directive). So, by now the Member States had to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with most of the […]