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17/05/12

Abuse of Patent Right Before Antwerp Commercial Court

On 3 April 2012, the President of the Commercial Court of Antwerp found that a patent holder had abused its patent right by serving notice on an alleg…

16/05/12

Increased social security contributions on unemployment benefits with an additional company allowance and on o…

In a previous Headlines we have already set out the measures in the fight against the non-observance of the obligations with regard to part-time work,…

15/05/12

La faillite : un scénario inéluctable voire préférable dans certains cas

Le nombre de faillites n'a jamais été aussi élevé en Belgique. En 2011, on compte pas moins de 15.528 faillites1 . Pour le premier trimest…

14/05/12

European Union: European Commission publishes internal procedures under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU

On 30 March 2012, the European Commission published its Antitrust Manual of Procedures (the so-called “ManProc”), which comprises internal working doc…

11/05/12

ECJ: EU Data Protection Rules Do Not Preclude Obtaining IP addresses of Copyright Infringers

On 19 April 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) held that EU data protection rules do not preclude national legislation from prov…

10/05/12

LA LOI SUR LA CONTINUITE DES ENTREPRISES ? UN OUTIL ANTI-FAILLITE MULTI OPTIONS !

Votre entreprise connaît des arriérés O.N.S.S. et T.V.A. inquiétants ? Les banques menacent de dénoncer les crédits ? La trésorerie de votre entrepris…

09/05/12

Streamlining the liquidation procedure

Two recent acts have streamlined the liquidation procedure by, amongst others, explicitly providing the possibility to wind-up and liquidate a company…

09/05/12

Belgium: Belgian Competition Council fines Belgacom € 75,000 for providing incomplete response to questionnair…

On 5 April 2012, the Belgian Competition Council imposed a fine of € 75,000 on Belgian telecoms company Belgacom for providing an incomplete response …

08/05/12

L’accord des créanciers : une étape indispensable !

Il s'agit d'une déduction élémentaire, mon cher Watson : si un débiteur se trouve dans l'obligation de solliciter l'ouverture d'une procédure en réorg…

07/05/12

Les réorganisations judiciaires, instruments de sauvetage des entreprises?

Dans un lourd contexte de crise et de réformes des procédures collectives au niveau international, notre législateur adoptait il y a trois ans déjà la…

04/05/12

Non–recurring result-tied bonus update

The benefits of introducing a non-recurring result-tied bonus (NRRB) plan within a company are not to be overlooked. Any employer wishing to award an …

03/05/12

Ports et mobilité

A think tank “Transport 2012” was dedicated to the specifics of the ports and has brought together Philippe Matthis (Managing Assistant Director), Emi…

03/05/12

Mobilité et démographie à Bruxelles

In the near future the demographic growth in Brussels will be considerable: by 2020, there will be between 140,000 and 240,000 additional people. This…

30/04/12

Gestion des Infrastructures de transport dans un marché libéralisé

The first think tank of the project “Transport 2012” led by CMS DeBacker focused on the issue of important transport facilities and their evolution as…

30/04/12

New regulations on the cars of company

Since January 1st 2012, the calculation of the amount of the advantage in kind of a car company has been changed for the employee who has a company ca…

30/04/12

OTHER TAX NEWS: COMPETENCE TO TAX

Fiscal residency Recent jurisprudence reconfirms the importance of the correct interpretation and of the substance requirements for the "permanent hom…

27/04/12

The employment of older workers: the new spearhead of the Government and its (disproportionate) social cost.

The name of the early retirement has been modified – one speaks henceforth about “unemployment with employers’ intervention” (abbr. “UEI”) –, it is no…

27/04/12

From early retirement to System of Unemployment with additional company Payment (SUP)

The Law of December 28, 2011 and the Royal Decree of December 28, 2011 modifying the Royal Decree of May 3, 2007 on the system of early retirement in …

26/04/12

The government makes corrections on complementary pensions

In order to face up the ageing of the Belgian population, the government has inserted in the project of general politic applicable for 2011 measures r…

26/04/12

The Advisory Committees in non-listed companies

Advisory Committees provide the advantage of a specialised Board of Directors dedicated to an optimised management of the company. Legal overview of t…

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European Commission publishes official proposal for new Public Procurement Regulation

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Un développement majeur pour les avocats en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment

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Greenwashing : quand le droit s’invite dans votre stratégie marketing

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Wanneer is jouw recruitment AI-tool een high risk systeem?

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Antwerp Enterprise Court holds that disputes concerning the …

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17/05/12

Abuse of Patent Right Before Antwerp Commercial Court

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La faillite : un scénario inéluctable voire préférable dans certains cas

14/05/12

European Union: European Commission publishes internal procedures under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU

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ECJ: EU Data Protection Rules Do Not Preclude Obtaining IP addresses of Copyright Infringers

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Streamlining the liquidation procedure

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L’accord des créanciers : une étape indispensable !

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Les réorganisations judiciaires, instruments de sauvetage des entreprises?

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Non–recurring result-tied bonus update

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Gestion des Infrastructures de transport dans un marché libéralisé

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New regulations on the cars of company

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The government makes corrections on complementary pensions

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