The leadership committee of the IBA Litigation Committee is in serious prep mode for the upcoming Annual Litigation Forum. As are many members across the globe, our litigation partner, Bettina Knötzl, former Co-Chair of this Committee, is eager to finally(!) attend this networking meeting in April, 2022 – in person!   The pandemic cost us a…

Über Einladung von Nationalratspräsident Wolfgang Sobotka diskutierten am 25.2.2022 überschattet von den Grundrechtsverletzungen des russischen Staates in der Ukraine, unsere Partnerin Bettina Knötzl gemeinsam mit Prof.in Pabel, Prof. Kert, Prof. Ratz und Prof. Eisenberger und einem hochkarätigen Publikum österreichischen Parlament Diskussion zum Thema „Beschuldigtenrechte unter Druck – Rechtliche und politische Aufklärung im Gleichschritt“. Gemeinsam mit…

The 2022 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, recognizes KNOETZL with three practice rankings, and honors three individual KNOETZL Partners as leading lawyers, distinguished among all practitioners for their dispute resolution acumen. Highlights from the 2022 edition include the firm’s “Band 1” ranking in Dispute Resolution in Austria and the rankings…

Management teams have found themselves confronted by a whole new world of perilous risks since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulatory, public health, legal and commercial developments have been rapid and unpredictable, causing risk profiles to shift in potentially dramatic ways and raising uncertainty as to the propriety of company responses. As litigators and…

Walking the line between the lawful use of information obtained from (former) employers and the unlawful exploitation of trade secrets Trust is an essential ingredient for building and retaining business in almost all industries. Specifically: trust in employees and business partners. But what happens when those employees leave or partnerships break?  Trade secrets can easily…