On 1 January 2021, an Amendment to the Czech Act on Business Corporations came into effect, which introduced changes in the area of corporate governance. These include changes to the liability of statutory body members in case of corporate insolvency, and changes to the conditions for disqualification of statutory body members from the performance of their office or from serving as shadow directors.

Liability of statutory body members in the event of corporate insolvency

This article was first published in Digital Asset.

“Immutable” is a term that is frequently used when people talk about blockchain and the benefit of using this technology for record-keeping.

On 29 April 2016, the Australian Government Treasury released a proposal paper that, among other things, proposed reforms to introduce an ipso facto moratorium (Proposal). This reform was foreshadowed in as part of the Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda.