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13/02/12

Portrait Not Less Protected under Copyright

On 1 December 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) adopted a judgment in case C-145/10 Eva-Maria Painer v. Standard Verlags GmbH, …

13/02/12

New dismissal rules as of 2012: adapt your work rules and standard employment contracts

In our Client Memo of 18 November 2011, we explained that new notice periods apply as of 1 January 2012. Generally, the notice periods for white-colla…

10/02/12

Ice Watch Packaging Is Unfair Competition but no Infringement of Lego Brick Trade Mark

In a judgment of 5 December 2011, the Commercial Court of Brussels (the “Court”) rejected claims brought by Lego Juris AS (“Lego”) that the packaging …

09/02/12

Meer (gerichte) fiscale controles op komst

De belastingplichtigen in België worden de laatste tijd geconfronteerd met tal van nieuwe fiscale maatregelen vanwege de regering Di Rupo. Deze maatre…

09/02/12

Nieuwe anti-misbruikmaatregel: op weg naar fiscale willekeur?

De fiscale bepalingen die de regering Di Rupo eind 2011 heeft ingevoerd, zijn nog niet verteerd, of er zijn al een pak nieuwe nieuwe fiscale maatregel…

08/02/12

ECJ Rules on Counterfeits in Transit

In November 2009, the UK Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the Belgian Court of First Instance of Antwerp each referred questions to the Court …

08/02/12

Standstill term and appeal term

L’article 65/23 de la loi du 24 décembre 1993 relatif aux délais de recours prévoit que le délai de 15 jours en cas d’introduction d’un recours en sus…

08/02/12

Standstill term and appeal term

L’article 65/23 de la loi du 24 décembre 1993 relatif aux délais de recours prévoit que le délai de 15 jours en cas d’introduction d’un recours en sus…

08/02/12

The awarding of a contract by a negotiated procedure in matters of extreme urgency

A contract may be awarded by a negotiated procedure without prior publication insofar as is strictly necessary in matters of extreme urgency brought a…

07/02/12

General Data Protection Regulation

As you may know, the proposal for a “General Data Protection Regulation” has been released on 25 January by the European Commission. This proposal is …

07/02/12

Costs of forming the offer

Action – Damages and interests – Costs of making the offer

07/02/12

Real estate leasing – Public contract – Principle of equality

Real estate leasing – No public contract – No obligation to draw-up and publish special terms and references or award criteria

07/02/12

Short news

- Fixation des conditions d’agrément pour les banques de sang de cordon et les sructures intermédiaires (A.R. du 7 novembre 2011)

07/02/12

Walloon code of health and social action

Codification of the legislation about health and social welfare in Wallonia

06/02/12

ECJ Confirms that IP Addresses Are Personal Data

On 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (the “ECJ”) handed down its judgment in case 70/10 Scarlet v. SABAM. In this case, the ECJ was req…

06/02/12

Agreement of government and general policy note - the prospects for the legislature in health care

Overview of the government programme about healthcare

06/02/12

The Court of Justice of the European Union rules on the ability to patent human embryos

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rendu, le 18 octobre 2011, un arrêt important en ce qui concerne la notion d’embryon humain.

06/02/12

A new European Directive to fight against counterfeit medicines should be transposed by 2013

La Directive 2011/62/UE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 8 juin 2011 modifiant la directive 2001/83/CE instituant un code communautaire relatif …

05/02/12

Moving towards more effective data protection - The EC's proposal for a new Regulation will bring radical chan…

Last week, at the European Data protection day, the European Commission published its highly anticipated proposal for a new data protection framework.…

04/02/12

Merger and division: running towards simplification

The Law of 8 January 2012, modifies the Company Code following Directive 2009/109/EC as regards reporting and documentation requirements in the case o…

11/05/26

11/05/26

New mandatory withdrawal button for B2C webshops

08/05/26

08/05/26

Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven versterkt partnerteam met strafrechtexpert Mr. Marijn Van Nooten

08/05/26

08/05/26

Baker Tilly Law Belgium versterkt M&A-praktijk met nieuwe partner

13/05/26

The Belgian Constitutional Court upholds the "polluter pays"…

13/05/26

Proceduremisbruik door de fiscus: hof van beroep annuleert a…

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13/02/12

Portrait Not Less Protected under Copyright

13/02/12

New dismissal rules as of 2012: adapt your work rules and standard employment contracts

10/02/12

Ice Watch Packaging Is Unfair Competition but no Infringement of Lego Brick Trade Mark

09/02/12

Meer (gerichte) fiscale controles op komst

09/02/12

Nieuwe anti-misbruikmaatregel: op weg naar fiscale willekeur?

08/02/12

ECJ Rules on Counterfeits in Transit

08/02/12

Standstill term and appeal term

08/02/12

Standstill term and appeal term

08/02/12

The awarding of a contract by a negotiated procedure in matters of extreme urgency

07/02/12

General Data Protection Regulation

07/02/12

Costs of forming the offer

07/02/12

Real estate leasing – Public contract – Principle of equality

07/02/12

Short news

07/02/12

Walloon code of health and social action

06/02/12

ECJ Confirms that IP Addresses Are Personal Data

06/02/12

Agreement of government and general policy note - the prospects for the legislature in health care

06/02/12

The Court of Justice of the European Union rules on the ability to patent human embryos

06/02/12

A new European Directive to fight against counterfeit medicines should be transposed by 2013

05/02/12

Moving towards more effective data protection - The EC's proposal for a new Regulation will bring radical chan…

04/02/12

Merger and division: running towards simplification