This publication comments on the Judgment of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (Social Division) No. 6779/2024 handed down on 23 September 2024. This judgment dismissed the appeal filed by the legal representation of an employee against the judgment… Read more

This publication analyses the ruling by the Social Court No. 11 of Seville, dated 14 May 2024, presided over by Judge Juan-Bosco Rite Zambrano, which declared a whistleblower’s dismissal null, deeming the termination of their contract as direct retaliation for… Read more

Shakira’s defense reached an agreement with the accusations on November 20, 2023, putting an end to the criminal procedure followed against the artist for the tax crimes for Individual Income Tax and Net Worth Tax (years 2012, 2013 and 2014)…. Read more

The deadline for implementing the necessary changes for the use of cookies, according to the criteria set out in the Guide on the Use of Cookies, has expired, after a transitional period of six months. On 11 July 2023, the Spanish Data… Read more

Properly managing the protection of personal data within an organization is of vital importance today. We are constantly witnessing administrative sanctions and reputational judgments to which those organizations that do not comply with the regulations in this area and/or have… Read more

Last July, ISO 37008 was published, consisting of a guide for conducting internal investigations in any kind of organization. The standard comes after the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1937, on the protection of whistleblowers, in most of the countries of… Read more

On September 18, 2023, was published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Resolution of September 14, 2023, under which the Catalan Competition Authority opens a public call for subsidies to finance Compliance programs aimed to prevent antitrust irregularities. The subsidies contemplated in this call are… Read more

#Compliancekeys24 After more than (10) ten years since the introduction of the criminal liability of legal entities in the Spanish Criminal Code, the Supreme Court has had the opportunity to rule on issues affecting Compliance on numerous and diverse occasions. Thus, this ComplianceKeys24 will provide a list of the most… Read more

Ethical channels have acquired great relevance since the recent and novel publication of Law 2/2023, of February 20, regulating the protection of persons who report regulatory infringements and the fight against corruption (hereinafter Law 2/2023). Although Law 2/2023 has encouraged… Read more

We are pleased to announce that, after seven years in the firm, with a professional career and impeccable involvement, the lawyer Anna Núñez Miró has been appointed Managing Partner of the Compliance Department of Molins Defensa Penal, a team that… Read more

We are pleased to announce that Luis Jordana de Pozas has joined Molins Defensa Penal this January as managing partner of our Madrid office, where he will lead a team of 7 professionals who are part of the more than… Read more

The Eighth Section of the Barcelona Provincial Court has acquitted of the well-known motorcycling driver Alfonso (Sito) Pons, currently manager of the PONS RACING team, in respect of the six tax offences for which both the Public Prosecutor and the… Read more

  The Molins Defensa Penal team led by our managing partner, Pablo Molins Amat, together with the lawyer Miriam Company Marsà, presented last Friday, November 25, the defense brief on behalf of the artist. The lawyers defend throughout almost one… Read more