Cyprus lawyer fees avoid EU prosecution

( November 8, 2018, 13:18 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Cyprus has amended a law that allowed the national bar association to set fees for out-of-court work, meaning the European Commission has now put an end to an infringement procedure. The EU regulator said it had also closed an antitrust investigation into the "minimum fee scale" following the changes, saying lawyers could now "freely determine their fees when providing out-of-court legal services."The statement follows:...

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