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On 3 November 2026, CJEU Advocate General Szpunar delivered an Opinion examining when AI chatbots’ use of online news may infringe press publishers’ rights. His proposed approach d…
In de Kamer is op 28 oktober 2026 een nieuw wetsvoorstel ingediend dat artikel 2 van de wet van 8 november 2023 wil opheffen nog vóór de geplande inwerkingtreding op 1 september 20…
Onze manier van verplaatsen is de voorbije vijftig jaar ingrijpend veranderd. Elektrische fietsen, steps en deelwagens maken vandaag deel uit van het dagelijkse verkeer. De Wegcode…
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Drawing on Belgian experience since 2023, this article examines how Directi…
According to the Court of Cassation (18 June 2026), a taxpayer without acco…
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Pas un jour ne passe sans que les données d’une entreprise ne soient la cible d’attaques informatiques. Ces victimes vont des petites entreprises aux …
In a 19 December 2019 judgment, the EU Court of Justice ruled that the method of exempting dividends applied in Belgium is an infringement on the EU's…
The new evidence legislation will come into effect on 1 November 2020. This may seem like a long way off, but it's interesting to be aware of the best…
On 21 March 2019, the House of Representatives adopted legislation modifying the Code of Economic Law with regard to the abuse of economic dependency,…
The Commission has opened a preliminary investigation into potential anticompetitive datagathering practices, addressing requests for information to G…
Can an employer that wishes to verify the productivity of its employees, that notes damage to its property and would like to find out the cause or tha…
On 14 November 2019 the CJ issued a preliminary ruling in the (second) Dilly’s Wellnesshotel case (C-585/17). Austria decided to limit an existing ene…
(Electronic) identity cards are an easy means to identify people. However, their use is not without risk.
Every business uses signs to distinguish its goods or services on the market. These signs may take the form of words, names, designs, letters, numbers…
With Christmas fast approaching, many of us have begun searching for the perfect presents. Recent figures from the Belgian e-commerce association, BeC…
Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne (‘Tribunal’) vient de confirmer, dans son arrêt du 12 décembre 2019, que des feuilles de marijuana accompagnées des …
The end of the year is getting closer… to make sure you can all enjoy your Christmas dinner and/or New Year’s eve party to the fullest, we decided to …
Het Nederlandse –in mindere mate het Vlaamse- stikstofbeleid heeft het voorbije jaar regelmatig stof doen opwaaien. Middels recente rechtspraak van he…
Dans son arrêt du 22 octobre 2019, la Cour du travail de Liège, Division Namur, a considéré qu’un choc psychologique, décrit avec suffisamment de préc…
In the context of determining the competent jurisdiction in respect of a consumer contract, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (the “Brussels …
CJ rules that non-EU pension funds can obtain the refund of dividend withholding tax if they are comparable to domestic pension funds (College Pension…
Je hebt een geniale slogan bedacht die jouw onderneming typeert en je wil vermijden dat iemand anders dezelfde slogan gebruikt voor gelijkaardige prod…
Consacré dès 1981 (Convention 108), le principe de finalité est un principe angulaire de la protection des données.
Some of the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) look nice on paper, but it can be hard to implement them. The principle o…
Enkel handelsvertegenwoordigers komen in aanmerking voor een uitwinningsvergoeding. De hoedanigheid van handelsvertegenwoordiger moet beoordeeld …
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