Litigation/Dispute Resolution

Increasingly Contentious Hungary: A Buzz Interview with Richard Schmidt of Smartlegal Schmidt & Partners

A growing number of employment and consumer protection-related disputes are on the horizon in Hungary, while revised arbitration rules promise swift and more efficient alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, according to Smartlegal Schmidt & Partners Managing Partner Richard Schmidt.

Cobalt Successful for UAB Grifs Before Competition Council in Lithuania

Cobalt has successfully represented UAB Grifs before the Competition Council of Lithuania in an investigation concerning potential market-sharing agreements.

Facelift or More? Revised Hungarian Arbitration Rules From 2023

The most prestigious Hungarian permanent arbitration body, the Court of Arbitration attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCAC) revised its rules of proceedings with effect from 2023. Will the revised rules increase the speed and efficiency of arbitral proceedings in front of the HCAC, or it is just a facelift of the former regime?

Suciu Popa Successful for Electroputere VFU Pascani in Public Procurement Dispute

Suciu Popa has successfully represented Electroputere VFU Pascani in a public procurement dispute over a public tender cancellation.

Liviu Bosoanca To Head Dispute Resolution Department at Baiculescu & Asociatii

Sole practitioner Liviu Bosoanca has joined Baiculescu & Asociatii as an Of Counsel and Head of the firm's Dispute Resolution department.

Gergana Monovska and Valentin Bojilov Make Partner at DGKV

Former Counsel Gergana Monovska and former Senior Associate Valentin Bojilov have been promoted to Partner at Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov.

Ellex Successful for Neringa Dangvyde Macate Before European Court of Human Rights

Ellex Valiunas has successfully represented Neringa Dangvyde Macate before the European Court of Human Rights, on a pro bono basis, in a dispute related to restrictions on the distribution of Dangvyde Macate’s fairy tale book, Amber Heart, depicting same-sex relationships and its subsequent labeling as harmful to children under the age of 14.