As a result of international trends and a proclaimed aim to spare time and costs, as well as to reduce the number of lawsuits currently “congesting” the Administrative and Tax Courts, the Portuguese legislator has
Last summer, the European Commission revived proposals for a single European system of contract law, in a Green Paper that invited responses before the end of February 2011. Although business might be alarmed at having to
In an attempt to help reduce companies´ cash flow concerns, the Spanish Government has introduced new legislation reducing the standard payment terms in contractual relations to a maximum of 60 days.Despite the relative simplicity of
December 2010 saw the reform of the Spanish Penal Code introducing criminal liability for companies for the first time – this is a significant change in the basic principles of Spanish criminal law. Such changes may require
Los licenciados en Derecho en Europa continental probablemente tengan conocimientos jurídicos superiores a los de sus homólogos británicos o estadounidenses, pero su capacidad de aplicar dichos conocimientos en un entorno comercial es
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Understanding the reasoning behind the application of EU competition law policy demands much more than mere legal insight
The economic downturn has contributed to an increase in the importance of competition law issues in Spain and Portugal, but there are clear differences in the ways in which the domestic regulators in each country
