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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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Uber en mauvaise position selon l’avocat général Maciej Szpunar…

Dans ses conclusions rendues le 11 mai dernier, l’avocat général Maciej Szpunar considère que le service offert par Uber doit être qualifié de “servic…

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Ondermijnen Rulings Onze Samenleving?

Het artikel gaat vervolgens specifiek in op de excess profit rulings, die multinationals toelaten om een deel van hun overwinst (excess profit) uit in…

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Een Aanvullend Pensioen Voor Lieve: Met of Zonder Persoonlijke Bijdrage?

Wanneer Lieve’s werkgever beslist om een aanvullend pensioen toe te kennen aan het personeel, zullen er enkele belangrijke beslissingen genomen moeten…

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Uber prend une (nouvelle) claque : l’avocat général valide la loi française

Pour l’avocat général de la Cour européenne de justice, la France ne devait pas notifier préalablement à la Commission européenne la loi pénale frança…

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Introduction of UBO-registers in Benelux running late

On 26 June 2017 the deadline has passed for the implementation of the European directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the …

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Article 29 working party's opinion on data processing at work - anything new on the horizon?

Many activities performed routinely in an HR context entail the processing of personal data of employees. Starting in the recruitment process (backgro…

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De stakingsvordering: een snel en krachtig wapen tegen oneerlijke marktpraktijken!

De stakingsvordering is een bijzonder interessant juridisch actiemiddel, dat nog te weinig bekend is bij ondernemingen. Elke onderneming beschikt noch…

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The European Commission opens formal investigations into Guess, Nike, Sanrio and Universal Studios regarding i…

The European Commission has opened formal investigations against the companies Guess, Nike, Sanrio and Universal Studios.

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European Commission investigates potential excessive pricing of life-saving cancer medicines

On 15 May 2017, the European Commission opened a formal investigation into the pricing of medicines.[1] The Commission is investigating whether A…

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A new Belgian law aiming at facilitating damages claims for competition law infringements

The Belgian law of 6 June 20171entered into force on 22 June 2017 (hereafter, the “Law”) transposes the ‘Damages Directive’ (Directive 2014/…

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Woningbouw - aansprakelijkheidsverzekering wordt ook verplicht voor aannemers en andere dienstverleners!

Op 9 juni 2017 werd de wet van 31 mei 2017 betreffende de verplichte verzekering van de tienjarige burgerlijke aansprakelijkheid van aannemers, archit…

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Vol surbooké et refus d’embarquement ? Quels sont vos droits ?

Le Règlement (CE) n° 261/2004 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 11 février 2004 établit des règles communes en matière d’indemnisa…

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Belgian Competition Authority sees no reason to modify merger control filing thresholds in Belgium

Following the triennial review of the merger control thresholds that are subject to the provisions of Belgian law, the Belgian Competition Authority (…

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New Legislative Framework for Judicial Liquidation of Companies

On 4 May 2017, the federal Parliament adopted a new law (Wet tot wijziging van diverse wetten met het oog op de aanvulling van de gerechtelijke ontbin…

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Outplacementverplichting in de algemene regeling en ziekte?

De algemene regeling van outplacement (ongeacht de leeftijd) die naast de reeds vroeger bestaande regeling voor de 45-plussers (dat de bijzondere rege…

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The Insolvency Regulation Recast – 5 key changes

In view of this, Stibbe sets out and analyzes the five key changes of this Regulation Recast: (i) the scope of the legislation is broadened to cover p…

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Le droit successoral bientôt réformé ?

Le ministre de la Justice Koen Geens souhaite réformer le droit successoral en Belgique. Pour ce faire, un projet de loi a été déposé par le CD&V,…

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Un Nouveau Code De Bonne Gouvernance Pour Les Societes Non Cotees

Une troisième édition du Code Buysse (Code Buysse III) a été publiée en mai 2017. Ce Code n’a pas de valeur contraignante, mais il a l’ambition d…

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Advocate General Szpunar considers that Uber’s activity should not benefit from the country of origin principl…

On 11 May 2017, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his opinion in the case between an association of Barcelona taxi drivers (Elite Taxi) and Uber Syst…

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It's a matter of taste: CJEU questioned about copyright protection of taste

Many a debate about whether or not something looks beautiful, sounds nice or tastes good has ended with the universal truism: well, tastes differ. Whi…

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