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Legal Status - MAY 2021

26 MAY 2021

Employment: How to get better results in negotiating conflicts with employees.

Media: The preliminary draft of the General Law on Audiovisual Communication.

Disputes: Corporate criminal liability and the importance of Corporate Compliance.

News

Our lawyer Danae Balcells took part in the 4th Legal Challenge of the Games Industry Law Summit, a moot focused on video game law.

06 MAY 2021

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Legal Status - APRIL 2021

22 APR 2021

M&A: SPACs: Growth opportunity for Spanish companies?.

Corporate: Changes in the Penalty Regime for failure to deposit Annual Accounts (Royal Decree 2/2021 of 12 January).

Covid-19: Guide to the measures to support business solvency in response to Covid-19 under Royal Decree-Law 5/2021.

Real Estate: Commercial lease contract: urgent precautionary measures.

News

Debate on substantive and procedural deadlines.

14 APR 2021

Disputes

On 20 November 2020the Provincial Court of Zaragoza handed down judgment 287/2020, which declared the expiry of the invalidity action of a resolution of a homeowners’ association meeting, and therefore the inadmissibility of the lawsuit filed seeking to exercise said action. Specifically, the meeting had taken place on 2 September 2017, and the lawsuit wa...

News

Supreme Court ruling on image rights in advertising.

06 APR 2021

Disputes

On 9 March 2021, the Supreme Court handed down judgment 133/2021, which analyses a claim of intrusion to the right to one’s own image by the plaintiff, who is a professional model, due to exceedances on the part of a client in the use of photographs for an advertising campaign, in accordance wi...

News

Order TED/275/2021 of 18 March establishing the obligations to contribute to the National Energy Efficiency Fund in 2021 is published.

30 MAR 2021

Energy

On 25 March 2021, the BOE published Order TED/275/2021, of 18 March, establishing the obligations to contribute to the National Energy Efficiency Fund in 2021 (hereinafter, the “TED/275/2021 Order”). Order TED/275/2021 complies with Article 70.1 of Law 18/2014, of 15 October, by establishing: a) The energy savings target in the year 2021; and b) The savings obligations corresponding to each ...

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The Government approves Royal Decree 148/2021, of 9 March, establishing the methodology for calculating electricity system fees.

25 MAR 2021

Energy

On 18 March 2021, Royal Decree 148/2021, of 9 March, which establishes the methodology for calculating electricity system fees (“RD 148/2021”) which, together with the new system tolls established by Circular 3/2020 of the National Markets and Competition Commission (“CNMC”), make up the regulated part of the electricity bill, was published in the Official State Gazette (“BOE”). The...

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Legal Status - MARCH 2021

25 MAR 2021

Disputes: Modification of contracts due to force majeure: the rebus sic stantibus rule.

Energy: New circular letter on access to and connection of electric power generation projects.

Employment: New developments concerning Salary Records and Equality Plans.

Negotiation: How to diagnose a conflict and find out if your negotiation has a good prognosis.

News

Extension on insolvency moratorium.

24 MAR 2021

Disputes

One year ago now, on 17 March 2020, Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 was issued to suspend the obligation to file for insolvency proceedings for the duration of the state of alarm and the non-acceptance of applications for insolvency proceedings (when a creditor requests the declaration of insolvency of a debtor) during this period. This ...

News

Supreme Court clarifying judgment on the necessary efforts to notify defendants.

16 MAR 2021

Disputes

On February 16, 2021, the Supreme Court issued Ruling 81/2021, which analyses and clarifies those aspects which are considered correct and sufficient to hold that the necessary efforts have been made to notify a defendant in the case of an eviction lawsuit; it can be transposed to civil suits in general. In practice, ...