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Class action – risks to companies and perspectives

On April 3rd 2019 the Parliament approved a bill on class action, that significantly extends the previously existing class action mechanism. From 2020 on, every party claiming to have suffered a damage by either a company’s or a public body’s behaviour,  will be entitled to act for damages ...

Arbitral award, arbitration clause and challenge: Court of Law no. 13/2018

After the intervention of the United Sections of the Court of Cassation, with the so called twin judgments of May 2016, the Constitutional Court was asked to requested to determine if the rules regarding the challenge of arbitral awards and its consequences have, in relation to the amendment of ...

The Supreme Court on the validity of the exclusive jurisdiction clause contained in a internet link

In modern business practice, the online conclusion of contracts is a more and more common phenomenon to observe. In this particular field, sometimes parties exchange their general terms and conditions through email. Other times, the conditions are integrally reproduced in the webpage where a ...