Publications - Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration
The SCJ decided that the legal binding for the “aval” in a blank promissory note may, under certain terms and circumstances, be unilaterally terminated by a former partner or former managing partner of the guaranteed company.
The Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has delivered a Decision uniformizing case law (SCJ Decision no. 14/2024, of 12.12) with the following content: "The sale of a mortgaged property, with a rural lease entered into after the…
Decree-Law no. 91/2024 of November 22 was published. This new legislation from the Portuguese government establishes the regulatory framework of the technological solutions that will enable the implementation of electronic court service on companies…
A new decree law has been published that establishes electronic service as the rule for companies in legal proceedings, allowing individuals to opt for this method as well. The aim is to modernize and speed up legal proceedings by making them…
This article -originally published in the German magazine SpoPrax- aims to provide a practical insight into the challenges faced by lawyers defending individuals accused of match fixing in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.
With this regime’s entry into force, companies must implement new mechanisms towards the prevention of risks of corruption and related infringements. Companies have one year to finalize the full adaptation of their compliance programs or endow…
By June 18, 2022, companies (whether public or private) and public entities, especially those employing 50 or more workers, are obliged to implement a whistleblowing channel so that workers, shareholders, members of corporate bodies, service…
2021 has proven to be an interesting year for arbitration. Among some of the most important and commented news of the past year, we highlight the Spanish Constitutional Court judgements limiting the scope of the “public order” concept as…
Morocco has proposed a bill that would amend its current arbitration regulations, which were posing an obstacle to promoting this alternative method for resolving disputes in the country. The aim of the bill is to help convert the country into a…
In April 2021, an opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) was issued in a case expected to become a milestone for intra-EU investor-state arbitration. While many had hoped that there would be a place for…