As of 1 January 2017, an interesting amendment of the Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure came into effect. The amendment effectively implements the EU Directive 2013/48/EU, regarding the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings, widens the scope of application of so called “diversion” proceedings, and adds a number of other new regulations.…

KNOETZL lawyers, Bettina Knötzl, Judith Schacherreiter, and Professor Alexander Schopper in JBl 2017,2: “Der Rückschaufehler bei der richterlichen Urteilsfindung im Schadensprozess”.  (Hindsight Bias Affecting Judicial Rulings in Civil Cases). The human brain is not able to ignore facts that are part of its available knowledge. In liability litigation proceedings judges are required, by law, to…

As part of an update/specialist knowledge session of Business Circle, on 21 February 2017, KNOETZL partners Bettina Knötzl and Katrin Hanschitz will be lecturing on the issues facing Chairpersons in General Assemblies.  Critical issues include — in particular — decisions on the admission of shareholders to the shareholders meeting, decisions on voting rights and decisions…

  Everett Dirksen, a legendary American politician of the last century was often quoted as saying: “a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.”  Now, beyond quibble, the record fines in bribery and corruption cases – being almost routinely assessed or settled in a growing universe of jurisdictions –…

Ein Jahr nach ihrem Start hat sich die auf Dispute Resolution spezialisierte Wiener Kanzlei Knoetzl Haugeneder Netal zum Jahresanfang personell weiter verstärkt. Von Eversheds Austria wechselte Dr. Teresa Bogensberger. Die 49-Jährige steigt als Non-Equity-Partnerin ein. Zudem gewann die Kanzlei den in der Schweiz zugelassenen Tobias Schaffner (38) als Counsel. Er kommt von der Züricher Kanzlei…