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How to properly deliver a foreign judicial document to an addressee residing in Slovakia
Our embassy represents one of the EU member states in Slovakia and has been asked by our domestic court to deliver that court’s decision in a family matter to a Slovak citizen now living in Slovakia. Our court sent us a form…
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How can we collect an unpaid invoice in Slovakia?
Our firm has a business partner in Slovakia. Our relationship went well, we had been delivering goods to Slovakia and our Slovak customer always paid on time. However, our last invoice stayed unpaid even …
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Is a contract or power of attorney signed by a dismissed executive manager still valid?
On 18 July 2019, we signed a contract with our business partner. When signing the contract, we verified in the Commercial Register that the executive manager was authorized to act on behalf of the company. Now the company has a new executive manager, and they refuse to pay us …
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Prohibition of working for competitors (non-compete clause) in a Cooperation Agreement
Our family business produces wooden products with a unique pattern and design. We use our own technological procedures, which we consider to be our know-how. As the demand for our products has grown, we have expanded production and hired new employees. We are aware of the risk that if we teach them to work with wood and they learn our know-how, they may start their own business or disclose our procedures to a competitor. Can we prohibit competitive activity…
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Monitoring and checking employees’ work emails
I own a company that communicates daily with customers through a customer support department. Our employees’ job is to answer customer inquiries using work email addresses separately created for each employee. I suspect that one of the employees uses his work email to communicate with his private contacts during working hours. In our company, employees are only authorized to use the Internet, work devices, and email addresses for work purposes. As the employer, am I allowed to check…
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Slovak citizenship for a child born abroad
I am a Slovak citizen who has lived in the United States for twenty years. I married an American, and I have American citizenship. Our son was born in the United States ten years ago. Does our son automatically have Slovak citizenship in addition to American citizenship? What should I do to obtain a Slovak passport for our son?
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How can an executive manager be released from liability for damage?
1. A limited liability company wants to claim damages from its executive manager for signing a disadvantageous loan agreement. How can the executive manager be released from such a liability?
2. A limited liability company wants to claim damages from its executive manager for a fine the company had to pay for not filing their tax return in time. How can the executive manager be released from such a liability? Continue reading
