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Welcoming Summer with Increased Obligations for Tour OperatorsThis year's summer season sees the introduction of the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act (ZVPot-H), in force as of 1 July 2018. ZVPot-H transposed…

New Protection of Whistleblowers at EU LevelA whistleblower is defined as a person who, either within an organisation or to an outside authority, reports or discloses information on a wrongdoing…

Facebook and Administrators of Fan Pages considered as Joint Personal Data ControllersA German educational company (Wirtschaftsakademic Schleswig Holstein - WSH) set up its page on the Facebook platform (i.e. a…

Supreme Court annuls judgment on Swiss franc-denominated loansIn its ruling No. II Ips 201/2017 dated 7 May 2018 the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia ruled that the claim…

To the biggest Chinese intellectual property conference with Cathay IPIn May 2018, the global professional consulting network Cathay with local offices in more than 60 countries worldwide, the members of…

Changes to the warranty conditions on the horizon?American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent warning letters to three major producers of the video game consoles, i.e. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo,…

The Act on the Suspension of the Proceedings against the Members of the Struck-off Companies entered into forceWith the Act on the Suspension of the Proceedings against the Members of…

Amendments concerning the posting of workersPursuant to the Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework…

GDPR topics still relevant after 25 May 2018Regardless of the fact that 25 May 2018 is already behind us and that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) started to apply,…

Simplified Procedure for Employing Foreign NationalsUnlike the last amendment to the Foreign Nationals (Employment and Self-Employment) Act (ZZSDT-A), which was presented in our November issue, this amendment (ZZSDT-B) only brings…