Autoři: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M., Mgr. Bohuslav Lichnovský, LL.M., Mgr. Lucie Kačerová Can you rely on force majeure in commercial contracts? And to which extent? We analyzed these questions in the last issue of the Legal500 guide on force majeure….
Authors: Mgr. Michal Nulíček, LL.M., Mgr. et Mgr. Ing. Jan Tomíšek, CIPP/E and Mgr. Ondřej Kašpar Publisher: Pojistný obzor The legal regulation of consumer protection will see a number of significant changes in the near future, particularly due to new…
Contributors: Miloš Olík, Jaroslav Heyduk and Michal Čáp Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is the testing ground for investment arbitration in Europe: the majority of the cases against EU Member States are proceedings launched against countries from within the region….
Today, the German federal competition authority prohibited Facebook from combining user data with data from its other services (WhatsApp, Instagram etc.) and third party webpages. The authority also questioned the legality of the consent to this processing, which is a…
On 30 January 2019, the Czech Supreme Administrative Court (“SAC”) issued judgement in the case of “small construction cartel”. In this judgement, the SAC finally confirmed that the practice of “fishing expeditions” conducted by the Office for the Protection of…
Representatives of the European Union (EU) Member States, including the Czech Republic, signed a declaration on the legal consequences of the judgment of the CJEU (Court of Justice of the EU) in the Achema case and on investment protection in…
As you probably know by now, a first major €50 million fine under the GDPR has been imposed by the CNIL (a French data protection office) on Google. In its yesterday’s decision, CNIL ruled that the transparency obligation has been…
On the market of goods and services, it will be possible to prevent import and reexport of goods and provision of services on the basis of the existence of intellectual property rights in the UK and in the EU. Trade…
Miloš Olík (Partner at ROWAN LEGAL) is the author of the Czech chapter included in the prestigious publication „ICCA International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration“. The chapter has been published as part of the 101st supplement of this handbook. The ICCA…
ROWAN LEGAL, representing Czech republic, prepared in cooperation with prestigious international agency Chambers & Partners practical guide to the area of personal data protection and cyber security. Lawyers of ROWAN LEGAL, together with lawyers from other jurisdictions, created this valuable,…
This prestigious honour was recently awarded to Miloš Olík, a partner at ROWAN LEGAL. Based on a survey among clients and lawyers around the globe, he was ranked as an accomplished mediator in this year’s edition of the independent publication Who’s…
On Thursday, April 12, 2018, the results of the prestigious international Legal 500 legal rankings for 2018 were announced. The rankings are the result of several months of surveys among the clients of law firms. This year, our office…
In May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation, also known as the GDPR, will come into force. By this date, all companies should already be prepared for the regulation and all necessary changes should already have been made. Although…
Miloš Olík and Michal Čáp of ROWAN LEGAL published their article „Comparison of Settlement Efforts by Arbitrators and Mediators“ in a prestigious international journal ARBITRATION: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (Sweet & Maxwell / CIArb). You…
Recently, the BGH issued a breakthrough decision in Achmea B.V. vs. Slovak Republic case which immediately caught the attention of many practitioners and academicians. The BGH reached in its decision the conclusion that it can decide on the motion of…
April was a busy month for the law firms. During single month the results of the two of the most prestigious law rankings were announced. The Legal 500 was the first to publish its rankings of the European law firms….
For the fifth time in the row the Czech – Slovak law firm ROWAN LEGAL was recognized as the Law Firm of the Year in the field of IT Law. ROWAN LEGAL scored also in the TMT and Media Law…
