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Seeking justice in multi-jurisdictional fraud, creditors must be prepared for the long haul -By Chris Iacovides and Andri Antoniou- joint Liquidators

Coronavirus as force majeure event - The impact on contracts (by George Kazoleas, Lawyer LLM)

New Insolvency Measures Introduced by the British Government Bring Relief to UK Companies and their Directors (by Chris Iakovides & Andri Antoniou)

E-Trials & Virtual Courtrooms: A possible solution to Court Lockdown (by Anastasios Tsanakas, lawyer)

Registration of a Company of Foreign Interests in Cyprus and employment of third country nationals (by Maria Rousia, Lawyer)

The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and the new Regulation on Virtual Currencies (by Soulla Dionysiou, Lawyer)

Unfair and illegal terms of loan agreements used by banks (By George Kazoleas, Lawyer)

Early repayment of the loan: Borrower's right to reduction in the total cost of the credit and bank's compensation right / by George Kazoleas, Lawyer

Conversion of CHF mortgage loans within the EU is a fact. At what cost though? / by Paris Hadjipanayis- Lawyer

Virtual Law Firms VS Traditional Law Firms: Let’s Hear From the Virtual PROs, by Adam Global 

The Law Firms of the Future, by Adam Global

Swiss franc loans and borrowers’ rights in the light of 4 important judgments of the European Court of Justice, by George Kazoleas, Lawyer

How Brexit will affect UK trademarks’ use in the EU, By Paris Hadjipanayis , Lawyer

A revolutionary decision for crypto fans has emerged by the Berlin Court of appeals (by Soulla Dionysiou, Lawyer)

Extraterritorial Scope of GDPR: The effects of the Regulation on non-EU businesses - Ioanna Michalopoulou, Lawyer LLM

GDPR: Aglobal mentality shift towards personal data / Efi Thoma, Lawyer LLM

New rulesapplicable to property regimes for international married couples or registeredpartnerships / George Kazoleas, Lawyer

De-Codingthe Positive Psychology Genes of Mediation’s DNA / Dimitra Mousioli ,Lawyer-Mediator

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Ombudsman inquiry on Commission President’s text messages is a wake-up call for EU

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The European Ombudsman inquiry into the Commission’s handling of a request for text messages between its President and the CEO of a pharmaceutical company is a wake-up call for all EU institutions about ensuring accountability in an era of instant messaging. One year after the initial request by a journalist, the Commission has still not clarified whether messages reported to concern major vaccine procurement deals exist and whether the public is entitled to see them. The Ombudsman had asked the Commission, in a finding of maladministration in January, to conduct a more thorough search for the text messages. The Commission’s recent response failed to say whether it had looked directly and correctly for the text messages and if not, why not. While the response recognised that work-related text messages can be EU documents, it reiterated that the Commission’s internal policy is, in effect, not to register text messages. The Ombudsman has closed  the inquiry  and upheld her find
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The name Pablo Escobar may not be registered as an EU trade mark

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According to the Judgment of the General Court in Case T-255/23 (Escobar v EUIPO) the name Pablo Escobar may not be registered as an EU trade mark. The public would associate that name with drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.  On 30 September 2021, Escobar Inc., established in Puerto Rico (United States), filed an application with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for registration of the word sign Pablo Escobar as an EU trade mark for a wide range of goods and services.  The Colombian national named Pablo Escobar, who was born on 1 December 1949 and died on 2 December 1993, is presumed to be a drug lord and a narco-terrorist who founded and was the sole leader of the Medellín cartel (Colombia).  EUIPO rejected the application for registration on the ground that the mark was contrary to public policy and to accepted principles of morality. It relied on the perception of the Spanish public, as it is the most familiar with Pablo Escobar due to the links between Spa
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ECHR President: Covid-19 pandemic has raised a number of important human rights issues

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Increased polarisation and challenges to Europe’s fundamental principles, together with the global COVID-19 pandemic, are likely to create the most difficult period we have seen in many years, according to the President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Speaking at the court’s annual press conference in Strasbourg, ECHR President Robert Spano said that democracy, the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law are increasingly being called into question at both the European and global levels. He added that the on-going pandemic has already raised a number of important human rights issues, including the proportionality of measures taken by Council of Europe member states, the legal basis of those measures and the use of domestic procedures to sanction actions or inaction. President Spano underlined that the ECHR has been able to continue its work despite the pandemic, deciding on over 39,190 applications in 2020 and holding online public hearings for the first time.
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Imposition of fines and order to comply following a leak of expats’ personal data file by Greek Data Protection Authority

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The Greek Supervisory Authority for Data Protection imposed on the Greek Ministry of the Interior,  an administrative fine totalling EUR 400,000 and on a Member of European Parliament an administrative fine totalling EUR 40,000 for infringements of GDPR. The Hellenic Data Protection Authority received a large number of complaints regarding unsolicited political communication via e-mail sent on 1/3/2024 and entitled "100 days before the European elections", by Member of European Parliament Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou. Following this, the Authority investigated the case ex officio, exercising immediately its powers of investigation and auditing the bodies involved. Following a series of on-the-spot audits and the receipt of evidence and data in the context of the audit, it was found that a file containing personal data of all registered Greek expatriate voters for the June 2023 elections, for which the Hellenic Ministry of the Interior is the controller, and for which the leg
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Fair trial: Minors subject to criminal proceedings must have the practical and effective opportunity to be assisted by a lawyer (ECJ)

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According to ECJ's Judgment in Case C-603/22 (M.S. and Others), minors subject to criminal proceedings must have the practical and effective opportunity to be assisted by a lawyer. Such assistance must be offered at the latest by the time they are first questioned by the police. Criminal proceedings against three minors were brought before a Polish court. They were charged with having broken into the buildings of a disused former holiday centre. During those proceedings, it was found that the suspects had been questioned by the police in the absence of a lawyer. Before they were first questioned, neither they nor their parents had been informed of their rights or the conduct of the proceedings. The court-appointed lawyers therefore requested that previous statements made by the suspects be removed from the file as evidence.  The national court, questioning the effectiveness of the procedural guarantees in place for minors during the pretrial phase, made a reference to the Court of
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Gigantic fine for unfair practices imposed on Booking.com by the Competition Authority of Hungary

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Legal Officer's position in the International Labour Organization

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