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13.04.2011 | Czech Experts on International Arbitration Arrive on the Scene
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23.02.2011 | Photovoltaic subsidies slashed
Amendments to the the feed-in-tariffs deals a blow to subsidies. The Czech Republic faces débâcle in international arbitration disputes. The feared change to the incentives to the production of solar power has become reality. The Parliament has recently passed an income tax applicable to subsidized...
27.01.2011 | Newsletter - Arbitration on Photovoltaic against the Czech Republic
We would like to inform all our clients and partners about the legal steps which we are about to adopt on behalf of our clients against the Czech Republic with regards to the amendments to the Act no. 185/2006 Coll., on Subventions of Producing Energy of Renewable Resources. In these legal steps, we...
20.10.2010 | Rent control lashes its tail
Are controlled rents bound to end? A moratorium of the statute controlling the increases in Prague will expire in 2012. But it may not mean the end of rent control. Hard to die, ready to strike again. This seems to be the fate of the rent control in the Czech Republic for the incoming decade. For a...
13.07.2010 | Italy-Czech Bilateral Investment Treaty Terminated
What is a bilateral investment treaty, and what are Italian investors going to lose? Since 1997, Italian investors who do business in the Czech Republic have been protected by the Italy-Czech Bilateral Investment Treaty. Now this protection is coming to an end. Bilateral investment treaties (BITs), although...