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At the 13th International Trade Fair for Commercial Property and Investment from 4–6 October 2010 in Munich, bnt will once again be present with its own information booth.

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bnt Attorneys, together with the Lithuanian German Lawyers' Association (www.ldjv.eu), will host this international insolvency law conference on 28/29 October 2010 at the Radisson BLU Astorija Hotel in Vilnius →

A jury consisting 18, independent members has awarded the bnt Szabó Tom Burmeister Ügyvédi Iroda from the group of the international Hungarian law firms to use the mark Business Superbrands 2010 →

From 9-15 June 2010 a Conference of Experts will take place at the invitation of the Polish Ministry of Economy for the Doing Business Team mission 2011. The team's task is to prepare for issue of the World Bank Doing Business Report 2011.

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Legal500 ranks bnt Riga in top tier for Shipping and Transport law, and recommends bnt Riga in all other business law areas →

Vilnius County Court rules on employer's right to check use of work resources made available to employee.

 

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On January 1, 2010, a new Criminal Code (act No. 40/2009 Coll.) came into force. This has brought about a number of changes in such areas as criminal culpability, criminal sanctions, and individual criminal offences.

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At a conference on "Thermic Conversion of Communal Waste" on 24-25 February 2010 in Sosnowiec, bnt Warsaw partner Małgorzata Zamorska and associate Joanna Krawczyk gave presentations on the public law framework for investments with environmental relevance, as well as on the influence of the new European Waste Directive on Polish legislation. The establishment of waste combustors is a "burning issue" in Poland not only because EU directives set deadlines for establishment of such investments (by 2013) but also due to significant EU financial help for co-financing waste combustor utilities.

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