In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…
Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…
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The Act of 17 December 2008 makes it compulsory for some types of companies to set up an audit committee, whereas, in the past, this was only highly r…
Read MoreThe Belgian government has recently adopted Book XI of the new Code of economic law. Book XI deals with the intellectual property rights and will soon…
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Depuis quelques temps, le référencement payant de Google est devenu une épine dans le pied des titulaires de marques. D'autant que la jurisprudence ré…
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On the 19th of September 2013 the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down an important judgment regarding the assessment of "professional d…
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1. Belgium adopts the Uncitral Model Law On 1 September 2013, the new Belgian Arbitration Act (the "Arbitration Act") entered into force1. The Arbitra…
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On 23 August 2013, the Act of 30 July 2013 amending Articles 2, 126, and 145 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications was published i…
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La maison de vente aux enchères Sotheby's aurait récemment adjugé un tableau de Renoir intitulé « Madame Valtat » et volé quelques années auparavant à…
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This summer, the European Commission (Commission) issued a consultation paper on two proposals to reform the EU merger control system.
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At the borders of the European Union, customs authorities are on the front line in preventing counterfeit goods from entering the domestic market. In …
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This Finance E-bulletin discusses some key novel concepts that were recently introduced by Belgian Lawmakers, Regulators and NYSE Euronext. It covers(…
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Prior to 1 October 2013, compensation that was due by the employer to the employee by reason of the employer's failure to comply with legal, contractu…
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Vóór 1 oktober 2013 werden schadevergoedingen die verschuldigd waren door de werkgever aan de werknemer wegens het niet-naleven van wettelijke, contra…
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Avant le 1er octobre 2013, les indemnités qui étaient dues par l'employeur au travailleur en raison du non-respect d'obligations légales, contractuell…
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Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft in een heel recent arrest een artikel vernietigd over het zogenaamde integratiespoor, waarmee de Vlaamse Regering in 2008…
Read MoreComme nous vous l’annoncions dans notre newsletter de février 2012, la Directive 2011/62/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 8 juin 2011 modifia…
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The Court of Justice ('CJ') has issued two landmark rulings in Cases C-625/11 P and C-626/11 P PPG and SNF v ECHA. The CJ set aside the judgments of t…
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Competition authorities have broad powers of investigation during unannounced inspections of companies’ premises ("dawn raids"). In its judgment in De…
Read MoreDans un arrêt du 11 janvier 2012, n°217.157 le Conseil d’État avait suspendu le premier permis accordé à la société «Les Rives de Verviers» pour impla…
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The Act of 30 July 2013 has introduced a new, separate corporate income tax, called “fairness tax”. Fairness tax constitutes a separate, non-deductibl…
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We would like to raise your special attention to the new PRC Exit and Entry Law of July 1, 2013 (hereinafter, the "New Law") as well as to the Regulat…
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