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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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Brussels Court of Appeal decides that Aldi’s Buval Pilsner does not infringe InBev’s Jupiler Pilsner

In a decision of 12 December 2017 the Brussels Court of Appeal overturned the first instance decision and decided that Aldi’s Buval beer does not infr…

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Proceedings Before the Data Protection Authority

On 10 January 2018, the Act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. Further to our pr…

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De GDPR-trein nadert het perron – Is uw bestuur (al) GDPR-compliant?

De General Data Protection Regulation – afgekort GDPR – zorgde de voorbije maanden al voor heel wat kopzorgen binnen de lokale besturen. En terecht! M…

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Lucky 4 all, le système pyramidal interdit

L’arrêt rendu par la Cour d’appel d’Anvers le 28 septembre 2017 a définitivement mis fin à la saga entourant le jeu Lucky4All. L’affaire portait sur l…

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De activeringsbijdrage maakt vrijstelling van prestaties met loonbehoud duurder

Werkgevers die bepaalde werknemers vrijstellen van prestaties met behoud van loon moeten sinds 1 januari 2018 rekening houden met de activeringsbijdra…

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Changes to Belgian SME financing law relevant to financing transactions

A new Law dated 21 December 2017 amends the Belgian Law relating to the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises ( the “SME Financing Law”).

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Portrait photograph deserves Trade Mark Protection

On 16 November 2017, the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (the “EUIPO Board of Appeal”) reversed the EUIPO examiner’…

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L’imitation n’est contraire aux pratiques honnêtes du marché qu’à titre exceptionnel

Le 5 septembre 2017, la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles a à nouveau considéré qu’en l’absence de violation d’un droit de propriété intellectuelle, un argume…

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Cresco blog – The Brussels International Business Court (BIBC): a new forum for international commercial dispu…

The recovery of international commercial debts, nor the resolution of international (commercial) disputes has ever been easy, but with the Brexit appr…

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GDPR: Part 17 - International Data Transfers

This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation, which was published on 4 May 2016 and must be complied wi…

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Le port du voile au travail: suite mais pas fin

Les premiers arrêts de la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne au sujet de la difficile conciliation entre travail et port de signes religieux sont a…

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Flexi-jobs: no longer just for the Horeca sector!

The law of 16 November 2015 instituted a new form of employment. Employees who already have a principal occupation with one or more employer(s) of at …

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Les réductions de capital effectuées fin 2017 sont-elles vraiment à l'abri ?

Quelque 5.000 sociétés belges ont procédé à des réductions de capital avant la fin de l'année 2017. Ces opérations échappent à la nouvelle taxe frappa…

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Welke versoepelingen biedt de Programmawet voor de e-commerce activiteiten van uw onderneming?

U vindt in deze e-zine een overzicht van de belangrijkste nieuwigheden die een impact kunnen hebben op de e-commerce activiteiten van uw onderneming. …

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Netherlands to become a new hub for international commercial dispute resolution

Recent years has seen a downward trend in international trade and commercial cases brought before Dutch courts. But with the Dutch parliament schedule…

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Clauses abusives et risques relatifs au taux de change dans le cadre de contrats de crédit à la consommation

Une banque roumaine a conclu un contrat de crédit avec un consommateur en franc suisse. En vertu d’une clause du contrat, les consommateurs se voyaien…

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Bill Implementing Unitary Patent and European Unified Patent Court

On 6 November 2017, the Belgian government submitted a bill to the Federal Chamber of Representatives amending various provisions concerning patents i…

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New Data Protection Authority Act Published

On 10 January 2018, the act on the creation of the Data Protection Authority (the "Act") was published in the Belgian State Gazette. The Act will…

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Watch out … price breakers, dead ahead!

You have just developed a new product that you are eager to launch as a ‘premium’ quality product. To do so, you join forces with an established netwo…

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"Whole genome sequencing" coming soon to a clinical practice in Belgium?

On 19 October, Belgian health Minister Maggie De Block submitted to Parliament her traditional "note de politique générale" on health for the year 201…

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