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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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The Court of Justice of the EU rules that a woman who pays a surrogate mother is not entitled to pregnancy leave.
As from 1 July 2014, the responsibility for the legislation pertaining to retail, residential and farm leases will be devolved to the three Regions.
On 1 July 2014, the day that the Belgian regional regulators (VREG, BRUGEL and CWaPE) gained competence over distribution grid tariffs, the Court of J…
A Belgian employer may grant a benefit to his employees in the form of a non-recurrent performance-related bonus. Up to a certain amount, such bonuses…
Nu de Rode Duivels in de kwartfinale spelen tegen Argentinië, geef ik aan al mijn personeelsleden een rode sjaal met hun logo op. Die kost me 40 euro …
The REITs Act follows the recent publication of the Belgian Act of 19 April 2014 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the “AIFM Act”) ”) 1. The RE…
On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down a judgment on two references for a preliminary ruling from the High Co…
A recent decision by the Court of Cassation may end the practice of relying on “volunteers” which was, to date, widespread e.g. during music festivals…
Uw werknemer Johan, voetbalgek en bewonderaar van Braziliaanse vrouwen, reist morgen af naar Brazilië. Om de koffers tijdig klaar te krijgen, had hij …
The Constitutional Court ruled that the family ties which allow the buyer of a property to terminate a retail lease for personal use cannot be assimil…
Qui effectue une recherche sur une personne dans un moteur de recherche ne peut être que continuellement étonné par l'incroyable quantité d'informatio…
In an exceptional short ruling, the Belgian Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) seems to have reversed its own judgment of 30 January 1984 and appears,…
Il semblerait que le nombre de divorces par consentement mutuel reste stable, depuis la réforme du divorce de 2007, bien que le nombre d’introductions…
Shareholders in Belgian REITs will be allowed to withdraw on specific conditions if they do not accept the new regulatory framework applicable to B-RE…
Tijdens de match België-Rusland werd Romelu Lukaku van het veld gehaald. Uw werknemers van de late shift hebben zondag na het werk naar de match gekek…
The Court of Justice recently decided that the scope of the Insolvency Regulation is not only limited to situations involving two or more Member State…
A la veille du début de la Coupe du Monde de football au Brésil, faisons un bref état des lieux des droits et obligations de l'employeur et de son per…
The objective of these two acts is to codify the existing legislation in relation to intellectual property (patents for inventions, supplementary prot…
The State is one and is indivisible, and its various departments do not have their own legal personality separate from the State. Managerial autonomy …
In a judgment of 8 May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that it has no jurisdiction to examine the compatibility of the B…
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