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Harris Kyriakides and DLA Piper co-organised Oresti Omran’s book presentation 25+1 Questions on the Energy Crisis
Harris Kyriakides and DLA Piper co-organised Oresti Omran’s book presentation 25+1 Questions on the Energy Crisis, last Friday at the Leventios Art Gallery.
Migration to the new Standard Contractual Clauses
Businesses have until 27 December 2022 to migrate all contracts that use the old standard contractual clauses to the new model contract clauses (i.e. standard contractual clauses) for international data transfers from EU to third - Read More...
Unfair terms in consumer contracts: national procedural principles, Ex officio control of unfair contract terms.
The legislation was prompted by a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which allows the district courts to examine cases of unfair terms in their own initiative. This ruling was - Read More...
Cyprus transposes the EU Copyright Directive in Cyprus law
The Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (the Copyright Directive) has finally been transposed in Cyprus - Read More...
Cyprus inaugurates the Limited Liability Shipping Company (LLSC)
New legislation has been passed in Cyprus, providing for the opportunity for ship-owners to establish a Limited Liability Shipping Company (LLSC).
Apple loses its rights over the “Think Different” slogan
On 9 June 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed the actions brought by Apple Inc. (Apple) against the decisions of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) revoking the “Think - Read More...
Commercial Law Review April – June issue of 2022
Commercial Law Review, one of the oldest legal magazines in Greece, has just published the April – June issue of 2022. In the latest issue, our partner Charikleia Theodoulou analyses the Unfair Trade Practices in - Read More...
By Charikleia Theodoulou
Infectious or Contagious Disease Clause for Time Charter Parties 2022
BIMCO issued the new Infectious or Contagious Disease Clause for Time Charter Parties 2022 replacing the 2015 Disease Clause to provide a revised standard clause for Time Charter Parties in cases of future pandemics and - Read More...
Global Legal Group – Pharmaceutical Advertising 2022
Harris Kyriakides team contributes the Cyprus chapter in Pharmaceutical Advertising 2022 by Global Legal Group.
By Eleni Neoptolemou, Munevver Kasif, Maria Constanti
Prohibition of providing Russian oil by European ships
The EU has approved six packages of sanctions in response to Russia’s unprecedented and unprovoked military offense against Ukraine. The measures are aimed at limiting the Kremlin’s ability to finance the war and cause clear - Read More...
EU Commission issues ESG proposal regarding corporate sustainability due diligence
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (the Proposal), aiming to apply cross-sectoral mandatory obligations on companies to implement robust processes to manage human - Read More...
The European Commission has published Q&A on Standard Contractual Clauses
The European Commission has published Questions and Answers (Q&A) on standard contractual clauses for data transfers under the Regulation 2016/679, (General Data Protection Regulation- GDPR).