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RoschierRaidla NEWS: March - April 2009
The RoschierRaidla News is a bimonthly e-newsletter jointly published by Roschier in Finland and in Sweden and Raidla Lejins & Norcous in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania covering the latest legal developments in the five jurisdictions.
Please read the most recent legal updates from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden HERE
The main topics covered in March - April 2009 newsletter are the following...
ESTONIA
- Employment Contracts Act Adopted
- Other Recent Legislative Developments:
- Act on Transfer of Land on which Usufruct is Established into Ownership
- New Civil Code Provisions to Restrict consumer Loans
- Immovables Expropriation Act and Income Tax Act Amended
- Possibilities for Electronic Voting Improved
- Forest Act Amended
- Legal Protection of Industrial Property Strengthened
- Fertilizers Act and Plant Protection Act Specified
- Postal Act Amended
LATVIA
- Deposit Guarantees Law Amended
- New Regulation of Commercial Transactions
- Bank Take-Over Law and its Implementing Regulations Passed
LITHUANIA
- Regulation on the List of Market Abuse Forms and Procedure of Notification of Possible Market Abuse
- Amendments to the Credit Institution Law
FINLAND
- Can Derivative Arrangements Trigger a Mandatory Offer or Flagging Obligation?
SWEDEN
- Proposal for New Takeover Rules in Sweden
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