A new legislative proposal aims to introduce several exciting innovations in civil litigation. The objectives include speeding up court proceedings, increasing public oversight over litigation, modernizing legal education and academic research, enhancing the Supreme Court’s (Kúria) function of ensuring legal uniformity, and reducing the administrative burden on courts related to their obligation to provide reasoning. We’ve summarized the most intriguing innovations from the proposal below.

As is well known, just over a week ago, Donald Trump's new executive order came into force, aiming to remedy “the persistent and significant trade deficit caused by international trade practices” by introducing import tariffs. We have examined how these measures may affect Europe and, within it, Hungarian businesses.

It is a common misconception that criminal liability and risks apply only to individuals, and that companies are safe from such proceedings. However, this is far from the truth. Moreover, companies often become subject to reputational damage already at the very beginning of an investigation, suffering irreversible damage – even before the case has truly started.

HR sci-fi is unfolding before our eyes: there is no doubt that HR technologies represent one of the fastest-evolving segments of digitalization and artificial intelligence. Today, it’s entirely common for candidates to be interviewed by AI chatbots, payroll processes to be assisted by AI-based software, and predictive analytics powered by AI to be used in workforce planning. While progress cannot be halted, it's essential to pay close attention to legal compliance requirements during this hyperspace-speed transformation—otherwise, poorly executed digitalization could lead to serious headaches.

The National Tax and Customs Authority of Hungary (NAV) has published its 2025 audit plan, which, similarly to the previous year, emphasizes a differentiated, risk-based approach. NAV continues to refine its audit selection process through the application of its vast data assets and artificial intelligence. Based on this data-driven methodology, the type of audit will be determined according to the taxpayer's compliance behavior. The types may include a newly introduced data reconciliation procedure, as well as previously utilized methods such as the supportive procedure, compliance review, or tax and customs audits.

Employer of record (EoR) services are becoming increasingly popular for companies looking to expand rapidly internationally. This allows a company to enter a market and recruit workers in another country quickly, efficiently and at lower cost without setting up a subsidiary. As with any panacea, however, it is important to be careful.

The new Real Estate Registration Act that came into effect in January restructured the system for registering properties purchased in installments or subject to conditions, and introduced the so-called buyer's right. However, since January, there has been considerable debate regarding whether the buyer's right can be registered on properties involved in bank financing (and therefore under alienation and encumbrance prohibition). A recently enacted amendment to the law, however, resolves this issue.

Global employee mobility is an increasingly common issue for companies. Therefore, it is important to be familiar with the basic legal and tax regulations regarding postings. While the first chapter of our three-part series focused on the most important legal questions, this time we will explore tax and social security considerations.