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What claims may be brought for liability for defective products? Is liability based on fault/ negligence, or strict liability, or both? The law distinguishes between the seller’s liability for product defects and liability for damage caused by the product. In case of the sale of consumer goods in a shop, the buyer may claim the rights arising from the seller’s liability for product defects...

1. DO EMPLOYEES AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER TO THE BUYER WHEN A BUSINESS IS SOLD? In accordance with the Czech Labour Code, it is only permissable to change the rights and duties owed under an employment relationship by mutual consent between the employer and the employee. Thus, any merger, separation, change of legal form of the employer, transfer of assets to an associate, relocation of...