Processing of personal data of employees by the employer in connection with COVID-19
30.09.2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has put employers in the Republic of Bulgaria in a delicate position. They face a difficultly achievable balance between ensuring healthy and safe working conditions and their ...

  Procedure for notification of a merger or acquisition transaction to the Commission for Protection of Competition
30.09.2021

After we have answered positively to the question whether a transaction is a subject to control from the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) and respectively an obligation for notification ...

  3 steps to the answer the question whether merger or acquisition transaction is a subject to notification to the Commission for Protection of Competition
30.09.2021

What is concentration? Is there a concentration? Each transaction, performed by independent undertakings, which leads to a lasting change in control of the participating undertakings. Art. 22 of Protection of ...

  When will the new Central Register of Special Pledges start working?
27.09.2021

The Registry Agency (the Agency) is an administration under the Minister of Justice, which is responsible for processing all acts subject to registration, based on which references are made and ...

  New SCC case law on the validity of the mortgage registration
27.09.2021

The Supreme Court of Cassation (‘SCC’) clarified   the legal effect of the new registration of a non-renewed mortgage against third parties who acquired and registered their rights to the mortgaged ...

  Procedure for changing the matrimonial property regime
27.09.2021

According to the Family Code (“FC”), the property regimes between spouses are as follows: statutory community regime, the legal regime of separation and a contractual regime (marriage agreement) The FC ...

  When are documents to be filed with a court considered filed in time?
16.09.2021

The answer to this question is crucial to the validity of any legal action and ultimately to the success of the case. The assessment of compliance with the time-limit for ...

  Unfair attraction of customers – means of establishing and specifics
15.09.2021

Unfair competition in the free market takes many forms. Each of these is expressed in a different aspect of the supply of a product or service. The focus may be ...

  Assessment of imitation is made on the basis of the overall appearance of products
15.09.2021

Building a reputation for quality in the free market is a long and complex process, filled with a number of challenges. Winning consumer trust requires consistency and uncompromising commitment on ...

  Recommendations on the legal basis for credit card data storage
15.09.2021

The European Data Protection Board has issued recommendations on the legal basis for the storage of credit card data for the sole purpose of facilitating further online transactions. According to ...

  The SCC Recalls the Prerequisites for the Validity of Mortgages
01.09.2021

In its resolution as of August 2nd, 2021 (“the Resolution”), the Supreme Court of Cassation (the SCC) resolved whether a legal mortgage on real estate (established for security for a ...

  Construction Warranty
01.09.2021

Housing is among the preferred assets for investment in recent years. The quality of the construction is one of the main issues considered when acquiring an apartment now that there ...