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30/10/15

Potpourri I in een notendop

In maart 2015 stelde Minister van Justitie Koen Geens zijn Justitieplan voor: een plan met de ambitieuze doelstelling “het efficiënter en daardoor rec…

30/10/15

A ‘happy hour’ for Belgian retailers: Legislature abandons strict rules on how to announce price reductions

On 16 October 2015, the Belgian Parliament voted a law modifying the Belgian Code of Economic Law. The modifications should enter into force on 1 Nove…

29/10/15

EU Court partially annuls classification of coal tar pitch

On 7 October 2015 the EU General Court delivered a judgment in Case T-689/13 Bilbaina de Alquitranes and Others v Commission. The case is an appl…

28/10/15

Pot Pourri I - ce qui change concrètement pour les avocats

ERRATUM – la version précédente de cet article contenait une petite erreur en ce qui concerne le défaut. Nous en avons profité pour apporte…

28/10/15

Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) o…

28/10/15

Betaald educatief verlof en terugbetaling aan de werkgever: Vlaanderen kondigt wijzigingen aan

Het Vlaams Gewest deelt op zijn website de wijzigingen mee die in het kader van betaald educatief verlof van toepassing zullen zijn vanaf het schoolja…

27/10/15

Are Uber Drivers Self-Employed Contractors or Employees?

The vexed question whether or not Uber drivers are self-employed contractors draws scrutiny around the world.

26/10/15

Is Your App a Greedy One?

The 2014 and 2015 sweeps performed by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network ("GPEN"), an informal network of 57 privacy enforcement authorities in 43…

26/10/15

Non-competition clauses: should using sledgehammers to crack nuts be allowed?

The Belgian High Court seems to be allowing for the severability of non-competition clauses. Instead of completely setting aside an invalid non-compet…

25/10/15

Het "recht op arbeid" van werkwilligen

De titel van deze bijdrage wekt ongetwijfeld de verwachting dat het besproken cassatiearrest handelt over het recht van werknemers die niet deeln…

24/10/15

Fiscale regularisatie anno 2016: de krachtlijnen van de nieuwe regeling

Enige tijd geleden werd aangekondigd dat de regering Michel I een nieuwe permanente regularisatie wenste in te voeren. Aanvankelijk was deze nieuwe fi…

23/10/15

Practice note on exemption method for foreign employment income incompatible with EU Law - update

Last year, the Belgian tax authorities published a practice note after Belgium was sentenced by the European Court of Justice for breaching EU law wit…

23/10/15

Belgian Competition Authority Fines Belgian National Lottery for Abuse of its Dominant Position

On 23 September 2015, the College of Competition Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsauto…

23/10/15

Be careful when it comes to your Belgian distributor

Imagine that an internal study has demonstrated that your current distribution set-up in Europe is seriously out of date. High-end products have …

23/10/15

A new judgment in the debate on the limits to the right to strike

A Judgment by the Court of Appeal of Mons dated 20 May 2015 rekindles the debate on the boundaries of what is meant by the « normal exercis…

22/10/15

Invalidation of Safe Harbour for EU-US data transfers – Sequel

With the ‘Schrems’ judgment of the EU Court of Justice of 6 October 2015, the CJEU declared the decision of the European Commission, establi…

22/10/15

Zijn adblockers effectief diefstal?

Vorige week toonden de online kranten in België zich bijzonder strijdlustig tegen de aan populariteit winnende adblocker software. Een juridisch prece…

21/10/15

European Court of Justice landmark decision of 6 October 2015 brings an end to Safe Harbour

Earlier this week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited ruling in the case of Maximilan Schrems v. Irish Data Pro…

21/10/15

Tweede verblijf in Frankrijk in een SCI-vennootschap - Franse Hof van Cassatie doet belangrijke uitspraak

In het raam van behoud van controle en successieplanning wordt Frans onroerend goed regelmatig aangekocht via een SCI. Een SCI is een burgerlijke venn…

21/10/15

Constitutional Court: absence of real estate buyers’ right to withdraw is legal when sale is outside the selle…

One of the protection measures in consumer law is to grant consumers the right to withdraw when signing an agreement outside the (professional) seller…

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New European rules on consumer credit transposed into Belgian law

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White collar and investigations partner Isabelle De Smedt joins Dentons’ Litigation practice in…

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European Union: New UBO Rules Come into Force

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The three-times-rent rule holds: Council of State clarifies …

16/07/26

New notification obligation for automatic renewals also affe…

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30/10/15

Potpourri I in een notendop

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A ‘happy hour’ for Belgian retailers: Legislature abandons strict rules on how to announce price reductions

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EU Court partially annuls classification of coal tar pitch

28/10/15

Pot Pourri I - ce qui change concrètement pour les avocats

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Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

28/10/15

Betaald educatief verlof en terugbetaling aan de werkgever: Vlaanderen kondigt wijzigingen aan

27/10/15

Are Uber Drivers Self-Employed Contractors or Employees?

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Is Your App a Greedy One?

26/10/15

Non-competition clauses: should using sledgehammers to crack nuts be allowed?

25/10/15

Het "recht op arbeid" van werkwilligen

24/10/15

Fiscale regularisatie anno 2016: de krachtlijnen van de nieuwe regeling

23/10/15

Practice note on exemption method for foreign employment income incompatible with EU Law - update

23/10/15

Belgian Competition Authority Fines Belgian National Lottery for Abuse of its Dominant Position

23/10/15

Be careful when it comes to your Belgian distributor

23/10/15

A new judgment in the debate on the limits to the right to strike

22/10/15

Invalidation of Safe Harbour for EU-US data transfers – Sequel

22/10/15

Zijn adblockers effectief diefstal?

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European Court of Justice landmark decision of 6 October 2015 brings an end to Safe Harbour

21/10/15

Tweede verblijf in Frankrijk in een SCI-vennootschap - Franse Hof van Cassatie doet belangrijke uitspraak

21/10/15

Constitutional Court: absence of real estate buyers’ right to withdraw is legal when sale is outside the selle…