Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. EU Law Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC Entered into force: 17 August 2023 A new law to ensure that batteries are collected, reused and recycled in Europe is entering […]
Sorainen’s criminal law counsels follow the activities and successes of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Latvia and abroad with constant interest. We pay particular attention to cases where investigations have been carried out into fraud against European Union (EU) funds, which is undoubtedly one of the target areas of the Latvian law enforcement […]
We successfully represented Küllike Namm, an esteemed attorney at law, also named attorney of the year by the Estonian Bar Association, in a pioneering criminal dispute. This is a fundamental dispute over the status of a public official. Unprecedented interpretation The Prosecutor’s Office accused Namm, a former board member of the non-profit association wishing to […]
The head of our Public Procurement team Kadri Härginen successfully defended her PhD dissertation, “Due diligence obligations of a contracting authority under the EU public procurement law “. Errors in complying with public procurement, including legal practice examples of termination of employment and criminal punishments for breaches of public procurement law, lie in the heart […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. ESG The Commission adopts the European Sustainability Reporting Standards Adopted: 31 July 2023 The Commission adopted today the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for use by all companies subject to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This marks another step forward in the transition to a sustainable EU economy. The standards cover the full range […]