Legal View

By Emilios Charalambous The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is set to come into effect soon, reflecting the European Union (EU) regulators’ efforts to strengthen the IT security of financial ...

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok on Friday from a law that required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or ...

Foreign nationals seeking lawful permanent residency (a Green Card) through the engagement and eventual marriage to a U.S. citizen must apply for K-1 status. K-1 status confers a temporary ...

By George TsardellisWhen a dispute arises, it is crucial for the innocent party to seek immediate legal advice. Timely guidance from a legal advisor ensures that the party takes appropriate ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, turning away another case involving transgender issues, declined on Monday to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit against a public school district in Wisconsin ...

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year ...

Britain’s parliament voted in favour of a new bill to legalise assisted dying on Friday, opening the way for months of further debate on an issue that has divided ...

Prince Harry will pursue his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged unlawful activities by journalists and private investigators despite dozens of others settling their cases, ...

The European Commission on Thursday fined Meta Platforms META.O €797.72 million ($840.24 million) over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace, it said in a statement, confirming an earlier report by Reuters. “The ...

A six-year jail term for a child rape conviction was “manifestly inadequate” the Supreme Court ruled as it moved to increase the jail time to nine years, it emerged on ...

Concerns were raised on Tuesday over suggested reforms to the state’s law and audit offices during the first meeting at the attorney-general’s office to examine constitutional issues arising ...

The U.S. said on Tuesday it may ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to divest parts of its business, such as its Chrome browser and Android operating ...

By Marios Konstantinou For decades, buyers without title deeds have beset the Cyprus property market. Thus, the House of Representatives intervened with legislation to protect the buyer of land and ...

Coleen Rooney, wife of ex-England soccer captain Wayne Rooney, spent more than 1.8 million pounds on a high-profile libel case brought against her by Rebekah Vardy, wife of her husband’s ...

By Marios Konstantinou For decades, buyers without title deeds have beset the Cyprus property market. Thus, the House of Representatives intervened with legislation to protect the buyer of land and ...

Trusts are a fundamental component of equity law, designed to manage assets for the benefit of specific beneficiaries. Among the various types of trusts, constructive trusts are particularly complex and ...

Every lawyer must have as a primary concern the interest of the client, who often seeks advice in view of investment, activity or property development. They should be honest, sincere ...

By Michael Pelosiand Emilios Charalambous With the rapid technological progress that is taking place, EU legislators have been actively trying to keep up and enhance the regulatory provisions in the ...

By Eleni Philippou The urban landscape has undoubtedly changed in Cyprus over the last 30 years. Previously, strewn with mostly individual or semi-detached houses, it is now bursting with apartment buildings, ...

An Australian court ruled on Friday that removing a transgender woman from female-only social networking platform Giggle for Girls constituted discrimination, in a landmark decision on gender identity for the ...

Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N is preparing to unveil widespread support in coming days for a $6.48 billion offer to settle tens of thousands of legal actions alleging its Baby Powder ...

By Stella Koukounis Summer in Cyprus means balmy nights by the beach, where the humidity and hot temperatures become bearable by the trips to various music planets, courtesy of a ...

US Senator Bob Menendez submitted his resignation on Tuesday in the aftermath of his conviction on corruption charges including bribery and acting as an agent for Egypt’s government, bowing ...

In many cases, criminal charges are dropped or dismissed before the case ever goes to trial. For the defendant, this is a major relief, ultimately allowing them to continue their ...