By: Adv. Assaf Kriel (L.L.B, M.B.A, C.I.A, IntArb) AK & Co. (Israel) Preface The treatment of employee transfers during mergers and acquisitions in Israel presents unique challenges that differ significantly from other jurisdictions, particularly the European...

By: Adv. Assaf Kriel (L.L.B, M.B.A, C.I.A, IntArb) AK & Co. (Israel) The Israeli high-technology sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience throughout 2024, maintaining its position as a global innovation hub despite significant geopolitical challenges. From a...

By: Adv. Assaf Kriel (L.L.B, M.B.A, C.I.A, IntArb) AK & Co. (Israel) The Israeli privacy protection landscape has undergone its most significant transformation since 1981 with the recent approval of Amendment 13 to the Privacy Protection Law by the Knesset on...

By: Adv. Assaf Kriel (L.L.B, M.B.A, C.I.A, IntArb) AK & Co. (Israel) The Israeli Patent Office (ILPTO) has recently delivered a significant ruling by invalidating two registered designs (Case Nos. 63960 and 63961) related to cotton candy machines, establishing a...

In a groundbreaking decision that significantly impacts international e-commerce and consumer protection, the Supreme Court of Israel has established a decisive precedent regarding the application of Israeli law to class actions against global corporations operating online platforms targeting Israeli consumers. The ruling in Civil Appeal 6992/22 AGODA COMPANY Pte. Ltd v. Tzvia fundamentally reshapes the landscape of international private law and consumer protection in the digital age.

In the last two parts of our series introducing the new legal framework of the employment of third-country nationals in Hungary we dealt with the basic types, the procedural rules, and the details of employing “ordinary workers”. In this last part of our article series, we share the detailed rules for employing highly competent employees.

Smartlegal Schmidt&Partners reports from Hungary:

Surprise clauses are general contract terms which differ significantly from customary contract practice or from legal provisions governing contract law. Can the user of a general contract term limit its liability by a surprise clause? Can a surprise clause become a standard clause by way of established practice between the parties? What constitutes an established practice? In this article, we analyse a recent decision of the Hungarian Supreme Court which examined these questions in detail.

ILF’s Hungarian member, Smartlegal Schmidt&Partners summarizes this issue in the article.

After introducing the types of residence permits for employment purposes in our previous article, this time we will examine in detail the forms of employing “ordinary workers” in Hungary based on the new legal environment. By “ordinary workers” we mean workers who do not belong to the category of highly competent employees, which will be discussed in the next part of this series.

Smartlegal Schmidt&Partners reports from Hungary:

In the first quarter of 2024, the Hungarian lawmaker created a completely new legal environment for the employment of third-country nationals and introduced special residence titles. We will introduce the new legal regime in a series of articles, the first part of which will cover the types of residence permits for employment purposes and the procedural rules.

Smartlegal Schmidt&Partners reports from Hungary:

Multinational company groups often use unified ERP software which frequently involve processing employee data. In such cases, it may be necessary to transfer personal data to a non-EU based country and the legal basis of the transfer might be a collective agreement. But how far does the contractual freedom of the parties to a collective agreement extend? Can the general principles of the GDPR be circumvented? In our article, we analysed the recent decision of the CJEU which provides an answer to this question.