On January 25, 2015, a law creating a new anti-corruption bureau entered into force. The Bureau will be empowered to investigate misconduct by high-level public officials. While Ukraine has seen its share of ineffective anti-corruption agencies, this one may be different, for three reasons: The law contains several provisions designed to…
It was reported on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, by RIA Novosti (the Russian state news agency) that the…
EU relations with Russia were the subject of an “in-depth discussion” during yesterday’s meeting of the EU Foreign…
On 14 November 2014 the General Meeting of the Civil Chamber of the Bulgarian Court of Cassation issued Interpretative Decision No 8 to provide obligatory guidance regarding two employment issues. The first question addressed by the General Meeting was whether the lunch and other meals breaks shall be included into…
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international…
On 18 December 2014, the European Union significantly extended its trade sanctions in relation to Crimea and Sevastopol. Regulation 1351/2014…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on December 2, 2014 released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery on a global scale. 427 transnational bribery cases that occurred between February 1999 and June 2014 were reviewed. The key findings are: Almost two-thirds of cases occurred in four sectors: mining (19%);…
On 3 December 2014, Transparency International (“TI”) launched its latest Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”) 2014. The CPI ranks countries…
The Bulgarian competition authority rules that employees, who work in parallel for a competitor of their employer, would…
Pursuant to a legal opinion[1] issued by the Bulgarian Commission of Personal Data Protection (“CPDP”), transfer of personal data in relation to assignment of receivables falls under the scope of applicability of the legitimate interests of the data controller as one of the grounds for the lawful processing of personal…