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A decision of the Harju County Court has entered into force, by which the court confirmed that the compensation paid to minority shareholders of Eesti Telekom AS in 2010 as a result of a squeeze out was not fair. The representatives of minority shareholders have requested that Telia Company AB would pay minority shareholders the […]
Sorainen successfully represented Dujotekana, one of the largest companies in Lithuania operating in the natural gas market, in a court dispute against a former employee regarding illegal dismissal and payment of severance compensation amounting to approx EUR 1 million. Although the decision of the court of first instance was favourable to the employee, the Lithuanian […]
Deals & Cases / Žygimantas Pacevičius, Jurgita Karvelė, Juliana Pavilovska
Sorainen successfully represented Tauragė District Municipality in a court dispute over refusal to employ a person who won a competition for a secondary school manager’s position. The claim was based on discrimination against the person and violation of equal rights. The claimant asserted that the municipality was obliged to conclude an employment contract since she […]
Deals & Cases / Agris Repšs, Raivo Raudzeps
As early as the beginning of January 2017, the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees (LIZDA) went public with their claim that liquidation proceedings of the Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (RPIVA) were not legal. Moreover, LIZDA asked policy makers in education and the parties involved to stop liquidation of the […]
The Latvian Supreme Court (SC/Court) has decided to partially satisfy a complaint by SIA Bauskas Dzîve (Bauskas Dzīve), publisher of the newspaper Bauskas Dzīve against a decision of the Administrative District Court, which had refused to initiate a case on the basis of Bauskas Dzīve’s application against the conduct of the Council of Iecava Region, publisher […]
