The Industrial Action Plan for the automotive sector: What it means & what 2026 will bring?

In May 2025, the European Commission introduced the Industrial Action Plan for the automotive sector. This initiative did not emerge in a vacuum. It followed several years of unprecedented technological disruption, geopolitical instability, and rapidly shifting consumer and market expectations. As a result, Europe’s automotive industry finds itself navigating a

Representative office of a foreign company in the Republic of Serbia

A representative office of a foreign company constitutes its separate organizational unit that performs preliminary and preparatory activities for the purpose of concluding legal transactions on behalf of that company. It does not have legal personality and may enter into legal transactions only in connection with its current operations. The

Lawsuits due to falls on ice: Homeowners’ associations often defend themselves incorrectly

Author: Attorney-at-law Aleksandar Popović You were looking out the window at the snow-covered street. You saw someone slip and fall in front of your building. You approached and helped, waited together for the ambulance. You almost forgot about the incident—until the lawsuit arrived… Failing to clear snow in front of

Anglo‑Saxon clauses in contracts governed by civil‑law systems: A brief commentary

In practice, I increasingly observe the use (and even the desire to use) contractual clauses originating from Anglo‑Saxon law. This is not unusual in contracts with an international element, even when the governing law does not belong to the common‑law system. The use of such clauses has become particularly frequent

What can we learn from recent cases related to data scraping? A comparative overview of international practice

Data scraping is the process of extracting content from a website and downloading it to a computer. The content can then be analyzed or used to train an artificial intelligence algorithm. This is the definition provided by the Intellectual Property Committee of the GPAI (Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence) Innovation

A bit more on unfair competition

Introductory considerations To begin, and for better understanding, we will explain the distinction between competition law (antitrust) and unfair competition. Competition law is a branch of law that ensures market participants conduct business and compete in a way that does not disrupt the normal functioning of the market. In the

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