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Biomethane export and Guarantee of Origin: navigating Latvian law
What is a Guarantee of Origin? A Guarantee of Origin (GoO) for gas certifies that a portion of the energy has been sourced from renewable energy resources. According to Section 117.1, Subsection 1 of the Energy Law, GoOs serve this specific purpose. Section 117.3, Subsection 1 further specifies that the transmission system operator (TSO) issues […]
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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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The “Data Transfers – Estonia” article has been updated
Our partner Mihkel Miidla, senior associate Liisa Maria Kuuskmaa, and associate Stella Victoria Ojala updated the article “Data Transfers – Estonia” published in OneTrust DataGuidance in June. According to Liisa Maria Kuuskmaa, the article is updated annually to reflect changes in legislation, new court and administrative practices, and other news in this field. Kuuskmaa believes […]
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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 […]