In April this year, Jānis Līkops joined the Sorainen partnership. Jānis will be complementing the Corporate and M&A management teams, as well as the Real Estate & Construction practice groups at the Sorainen Latvian office. Both of the aforementioned practice groups at Sorainen Latvia showed an excellent increase in turnover indicators last year (between 20% […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. Technology, media & telecommunications Commission and the research community develop guidelines on responsible use of generative Artificial Intelligence in research Official press release: 20 March 2024 The Commission and the European Research Area countries and stakeholders have jointly put forward a set of guidelines […]
Sorainen advised Salv Technologies, a financial crime fighting technology startup, in the process of mapping out the legal basis for cross-border information-sharing between financial institutions and presented the findings to Salv’s partners in a virtual workshop which included the representatives of the European Commission and the Council of Europe. Our financial regulatory and data protection […]
Assistant lawyer Natālija Ķīse compiled the material. Data protection Commission opens formal proceedings against AliExpress under the Digital Services Act Official press release: 14 March 2024 The Commission has initiated formal procedures to evaluate whether AliExpress violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) in relation to risk management and mitigation, content moderation, internal complaint […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. ESG Directive empowering consumers for the green transition and circular economy Adopted: 20 February 2024 The Council has adopted a directive aimed at empowering consumers to facilitate the shift towards sustainability. This new directive seeks to strengthen consumer rights by amending the unfair commercial practices directive (UCPD) and […]