News & Affairs
News & Affairs
27. 04. 20
Rating Agency Legal 500 Highly Ranks Performance of FORT
International legal rating agency Legal 500 has published the latest edition of The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 2020 summarizing data and providing a guide of law firms in Europe, Middle East and Africa. For several consecutive years FORT has been recognized as one of the leading law firms in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
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News & Affairs
07. 04. 20
News & Affairs
DEFAULT INTEREST LIMITATIONS DURING COVID-19
On 5 April 2020 a new legal provision has entered into force providing that during the period from 1 April 2020 till 1 September 2020, the default interest for the delay in the performance of civil legal obligations shall not exceed the statutory interest. As is apparent from the annotation of said legal provision, its purpose is to reduce the workload of the courts with those litigation matters that are related to the application of force majeure circumstances caused by Covid-19 when the claimant is requesting to release it from negative consequences (such as default interest or contractual penalty).
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News & Affairs
News & Affairs
31. 03. 20
FORT receives excellent ratings of Chambers 2020
The Chambers Global Guide is a prestigious guide into the vast world of law firms where the law firms and legal counsels from all over the world are evaluated and compared. The evaluation is also provided on the regional level.
This year FORT has repeatedly gained international recognition in both global ratings of Chambers Global and European ratings of Chambers Europe.
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