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17/12/10

Money Laundering prevention and harassment : the two faces of the law

Belgian banks do not give their clients a break in the matter of obtaining the required information in their battle against money laundering. Clients …

16/12/10

Domain name grabber loses 10,200 domain names in a legal battle

After legal proceedings that lasted several years, the Brussels Court of Appeal ruled that a Chinese domain name grabber must release 10,200 .eu domai…

16/12/10

ECJ completes its jurisprudence on comparative advertising

Pursuant to the guidelines issued in its previous decisions , the European Court of Justice states that comparative advertising on foodstuff is also a…

16/12/10

Europe opens an investigation into Google

The European Commission decided on 30 November 2010 to start formal proceedings against Google, accused of abusing its a dominant position in online s…

16/12/10

EU fails to reach an agreement over single patent

The European Union has failed to end the linguistic battle that has delayed the launch of a single European patent.

16/12/10

Sabam is qualified as a merchant

The President of the First Instance Court of Brussels qualifies Sabam as a merchant in the framework of cease and desist proceedings based on an infri…

13/12/10

Commercial court states that an employer may not oblige a job candidate to provide a certificate of good condu…

Requesting potential employees to provide a certificate of good conduct has been a long-standing practice for many Belgian employers.

09/12/10

Cross-border mergers: new rules on the notification of the foreign companies register

On 10 September 2010, new rules on the notification of the foreign companies register in the case of a cross-border merger were adopted by means of a …

09/12/10

Shareholders' Rights Directive finally implemented in Belgium

Shareholder participation in corporate life is a prerequisite for good corporate governance. It is thus essential to strengthen shareholder protection…

09/12/10

Rules and recent case law on part-time work

In order to discourage Belgian companies from hiring part-time employees but letting them work on a full-time basis and only paying social security co…

09/12/10

The European Union Patent: the ship has sailed

Since acceding to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2010, Belgium has diligently tried to advance the European Union ("EU"…

09/12/10

Extension of the Miranda Warning to the EU: a revolution in (Belgian) criminal procedure

Criminal law could be considered an unlikely area of interest for business lawyers. However, over the course of the past decade, criminal sanctions ha…

09/12/10

Current business: the powers and limitations on the powers of an outgoing government

Over the last few years, it has not been easy to form a government in Belgium. For instance, it took 194 days to form a government after the June 2007…

08/12/10

L’arrêt Heineken : (quelles) conséquences pour la Belgique?

La Cour de justice des communautés européennes a dû se prononcer sur la question de savoir s'il était nécessaire, en cas de transfert d'entreprise que…

08/12/10

Cadres, soyez flexibles !

L'acte équipollent à rupture ou « impliciet ontslag » en néerlandais, est un mode de rupture du contrat de travail. Pour qu'il y ait acte équipollent …

07/12/10

Des travailleurs âgés licenciés à l’âge de la pension: encore possible?

L'article 83, § 1 de la Loi relative aux contrats de travail permet de mettre fin au contrat de travail à durée indéterminée d'un employé qui atteint …

04/12/10

LE DROIT DES SOCIETES , UN OUTIL POUR LA RELANCE ?

Vous trouverez ci-après le compte-rendu intégral des échanges de la table ronde du 8 novembre dernier, organisée par la Libre Belgique dans le c…

03/12/10

WTO condemns the EU’s discriminatory treatment of China in anti-dumping cases

Today, the World Trade Organization ("WTO") issued a Panel Report strongly condemning one of the main pillars of the EU's anti-dumping policy against …

01/12/10

Les délégations de pouvoirs en entreprise

Les délégations de pouvoirs au sein des sociétés permettent de simplifier ou d’optimaliser leur gestion. La simplifier, d’abord, en réduisant le nombr…

01/12/10

Conflit d’intérêt et PME Prudence en cas de changement de contrôle de la société

La matière des conflits d’intérêt est bien connue des praticiens du droit et donne lieu à de nombreux écrits. Cependant, force est de constater que da…

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New mandatory withdrawal button for B2C webshops

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Caluwaerts Uytterhoeven versterkt partnerteam met strafrechtexpert Mr. Marijn Van Nooten

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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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17/12/10

Money Laundering prevention and harassment : the two faces of the law

16/12/10

Domain name grabber loses 10,200 domain names in a legal battle

16/12/10

ECJ completes its jurisprudence on comparative advertising

16/12/10

Europe opens an investigation into Google

16/12/10

EU fails to reach an agreement over single patent

16/12/10

Sabam is qualified as a merchant

13/12/10

Commercial court states that an employer may not oblige a job candidate to provide a certificate of good condu…

09/12/10

Cross-border mergers: new rules on the notification of the foreign companies register

09/12/10

Shareholders' Rights Directive finally implemented in Belgium

09/12/10

Rules and recent case law on part-time work

09/12/10

The European Union Patent: the ship has sailed

09/12/10

Extension of the Miranda Warning to the EU: a revolution in (Belgian) criminal procedure

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Current business: the powers and limitations on the powers of an outgoing government

08/12/10

L’arrêt Heineken : (quelles) conséquences pour la Belgique?

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Cadres, soyez flexibles !

07/12/10

Des travailleurs âgés licenciés à l’âge de la pension: encore possible?

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LE DROIT DES SOCIETES , UN OUTIL POUR LA RELANCE ?

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WTO condemns the EU’s discriminatory treatment of China in anti-dumping cases

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Conflit d’intérêt et PME Prudence en cas de changement de contrôle de la société