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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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Italy has finally decided to join in on EU’s Unitary Patent by expressing its wish to participate in the enhanced cooperation mechanism for the creati…
Illegally putting workers at the disposal of a third-party user remains a hot item in Belgium. A rather unknown solution to enable comp…
On 27 June 2014, the National Confederation of Executives (Nationale Confederatie van het Kaderpersoneel/Confédération Nationale des Cadres) and a num…
On 10 July 2015, the Preparatory Committee (which handles all the subsidiary issues arising from the creation of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”), suc…
In recent years and as a result of consecutive State reforms, a series of former “national” taxes have been devolved to the Regions, which have the po…
On 27 July 2015, the Competition College (Mededingingscollege / Collège de la concurrence) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededinging…
Na talrijke analyses door een commissie van deskundigen en herhaaldelijke discussies tussen de sociale partners, werd de wetgeving die als doel heeft …
In tegenstelling tot de algemene opinie, moeten de bedrijven die in België gevestigd zijn, niet uitsluitend de verplichtingen van REACH, de Europese w…
On 17 July 2015, the Belgian Council of Ministers has approved the draft of a royal decree that will reform the system of patent fees for inventions a…
Il n’est pas rare, surtout en ces périodes d’intenses activités syndicales précédant la procédure des élections sociales de constater des débordements…
The proposal for a directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) seeks to align across the EU the exist…
Le recours à un travailleur indépendant (nouvel engagement ou modification de la nature de relation de travail salarié vers indépendant) est souvent s…
An employer suspects one of its employees to perform unfair competition during the exercise of its own duties.
De Programmawet van 19 december 2014 (B.S. 29.12.2014) voerde de mogelijkheid in voor een KMO-vennootschap om de gehele of gedeeltelijke winst na bela…
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) handed down its decision on July 16, 2015 in the caseHuawei v. ZTE (C-170/13). It clarified the possibility for …
Until a couple of years ago, drones, or remotely piloted aircraft systems (“RPAS”), were only used for military purposes. Recently, however, the techn…
According to a recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, the liability of an Internet news portal, who attracts visitors on the basis of co…
On 27 July 2015, the ECHA Board of Appeal adopted an important and a first of its kind decision (Case A-019-2013) with regards to the legal nature of …
Two recent judgments of the Belgian Supreme Court contain important clarifications concerning the mechanism of the dissolution of companies with insuf…
Since 1 July 2014 and the entry-into-force of the 6th State Reform, the Regions have the authority to regulate matters related to tourism, which inclu…
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