Publications - Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration
COVID-19: Publication of royal decree-law mapping steps to be followed in justice system procedures
We analyze Royal Decree-Law 16/2020, of April 28, 2020, published in the April 29 edition of the Official State Gazette (BOE), adopting procedural and organizational measures to confront COVID-19 (RDL 16/2020). And entering into force on April 30,…
COVID-19 Special Newsletter - Spain | Week between April 27 and May 3 2020
Critical plans for a return to activity, taxes on the renegotiation of loans, notification of judicial decisions, and doubts regarding leases
The effects of COVID-19 on international arbitration in Latin America
International arbitrations are not associated with any particular jurisdiction, and in Latin America and elsewhere, most arbitral institutions keep handling arbitral proceedings and enabling them to continue, despite COVID-19, by using available…
COVID-19: These are the additional urgent measures introduced by Royal Decree-Law 15/2020 to support the economy and employment
We analyze from the standpoint of corporate law/commercial contracts, labor, tax, litigation and administrative law, the main new legislation introduced by Royal Decree-Law 15/2020, of April 21, 2020, adopting additional urgent measures to support…
COVID-19: Main legislative or regulatory initiatives that have been taken in Portugal
Pandemic has entered the world’s daily vocabulary in the most dramatic and unexpected way. As the severity of the situation worsens, a growing number of legislative initiatives attempt to address the needs of citizens and society in the face…
COVID-19: New exceptional and temporary measures were approved for the Portuguese Justice and Courts regarding the procedure for the service of documents
Law No 10/2020 of 18 April 2020 enacted an exceptional and temporary legal framework concerning (i) the procedure for the service of judicial documents by post provided for in the procedural laws and (ii) the parcel services, in view of…
COVID-19: Foreign investments, deferral of taxes, return-to-work plans and shake-up plan for the courts
For another week running, Garrigues examines the key legal issues that companies should be aware of to continue forward in the current context.
International Arbitration Newsletter - April 2020
The Polish Act on counteracting COVID-19 entered into force
On 31 March, 2020 an amendment to the Act on specific solutions related to the preventing, counteracting and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, together with other acts (the “Act”) entered…
COVID-19: Companies face a return to non-essential activities, new rules on administrative and procedural time periods and the renegotiation of agreements
The situation created by the spread of COVID-19 requires an analysis of the new legislation from all angles of business law. For another week running, Garrigues summarizes the key new legislation that companies need to be aware of over the coming…
COVID-19: The Ministry of Communications and Transportation of Mexico specifies the essential activities
The Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) has published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF) a ruling specifying the essential activities competence of the STC. This is in connection with the ruling published by the Ministry of Health…
COVID-19: Exceptional measures for the Portuguese Courts and Justice Authorities
On April 2, 2020, the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic approved Law No. 4-A/2020, dated April 6, which made the first amendment to Law No. 1-A/2020, dated March 19. The latter established various temporary and exceptional measures in…