The amendment to the Civil Code adopted in December 2025 will enter into force on 1 March 2026. The purpose of the amendment is to address issues identified on the basis of more than a decade of practical experience in the application of the law, thereby enhancing legal certainty. In addition to several other areas of law, the amendment also clarifies and supplements the rules of company law in a number of respects, which we review below.

In recent years, the approach of competition authorities in the European Union to the functioning of the labour market has changed radically. What was previously seen primarily as an HR matter has now become one of the key areas of traditional cartel enforcement.

In practice, the GDPR’s information obligations must be interpreted strictly, and any business using surveillance technologies - especially cameras - reckon with significant compliance risks.

A recent decision of the Kúria has clarified what happens when a company’s executive brings a disputed corporate resolution before the courts, but his or her mandate expires in the meantime.

From our article, you can learn how a property owner can apply to have their zártkert property registered in the land registry as land withdrawn from agricultural cultivation, and what advantages this reclassification offers.

The essence of the European Court of Justice’s ruling in the Tuleka case is that if defective performance of a contractual service is so serious that it essentially frustrates the purpose of the contract, the consumer is entitled to a full refund, even if certain elements were formally performed by the service provider.

The new European regulatory environment for sustainability claims is rapidly transforming how companies must communicate their environmental performance.

In civil litigation, it is common that the assessment of an important fact requires special expertise that the judge does not possess. In such cases, the court appoints an expert. This raises the question: may a judge depart from the expert’s opinion if other evidence—such as witness testimony—suggests otherwise?

In August 2025, the Hungarian government adopted a significant amendment to the so-called Plázastop Decree (Government Decree No. 143/2018 (VIII. 13.)). The amendment entered into force on 17 September 2025 and introduces new approval requirements within a narrower scope than before. The new rules apply exclusively to retail units with a sales area exceeding 400 square meters, where the primary business activity is the sale of daily consumer goods such as food, cleaning products, and drugstore items.

In the summer of 2025, the Hungarian government significantly amended the notification and approval system for foreign direct investments (FDI). The essence of the changes is that, in the name of protecting economic sovereignty, the Hungarian state has been granted new powers – which in practice may even mean that a Hungarian company targeted by a foreign buyer could ultimately be acquired by the state itself, on the same terms. This development is of particular importance for any company considering international expansion or seeking foreign investors, whether for an exit strategy or capital raising purposes.