THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAW
On February 16, 2023, the Congress of Deputies approved the Law regulating the protection of persons who report administrative infringements and the fight against corruption, which transposes the Whistleblowing Directive, which obliges companies and Public Administrations to implement a whistleblowing channel to process such reports. The new Law will come into force 20 days after […]
THE NOVELTIES INTRODUCED BY LAW 14/2022 IN CRIMINAL LEGISLATION
The purpose of Organic Law 14/2022, which came into force on January 12, 2023, is to adapt Spanish criminal legislation to the requirements of the Directives issued by the European Union, as well as to reform certain offenses. Below, we will analyze the most relevant novelties introduced by this law. Crime of concealment of corpse […]
THE LAW OF THE ONLY YES IS YES
On October 7, 2022, Organic Law 10/2022, of September 6, on the comprehensive guarantee of sexual freedom, also known as the “Law of the only yes is yes”, came into force. We are faced with a law that has important consequences in the criminal field, especially with regard to crimes against sexual freedom. What is […]
The new crime against workers’ rights under art. 311 of the penal code
As we mentioned in one of our previous articles, by means of the Organic Law 14/2022, which entered into force on January 12, 2023, several crimes of the Penal Code have been reformed.several crimes of the Penal Code have been reformed, among them, the crimes of sedition and embezzlement, but also many others, such as […]
The relationship between the offense of refusal to take a breathalyzer test and the offense of drunk driving
The relationship between the offense of refusal to undergo a breathalyzer test, regulated in Article 383 of the Penal Code, and the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, defined in Article 379.2 of the Penal Code, is a highly controversial legal issue that has generated contradictory rulings among different courts for years. The […]
