In het kader van de Europese dag voor Justitie zetten de vier hoge rechtscolleges hun deuren open: Grondwettelijk Hof, Hof van Cassatie, Raad van State en het Rekenhof. VRG-Alumni…
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On 31 March 2014, the Commission issued a Statement of Objections to Marine Harvest ASA ("Marine Harvest") for implementing a transaction prior to hav…
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On 29 April 2014, the new Belgian law on collective redress (the Law) was published in the Belgian Official Journal. The Law enables the collective re…
Read MoreAfter five years of litigation, on 3 April 2014, the US Department of Justice entered into a settlement agreement with Kerr-McGee Corporation and its …
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In a landmark ruling the European Court of Justice ruled on May 13, 2014 that search engines, as a principle, need to remove the link between search r…
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Deze checklist is bedoeld als een handige tool in het geval u geconfronteerd zou worden met een inval van de BSA. De BSA - Business Software Alliance…
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The Flemish Language Decree of 19 July 1973 imposes that any employer with a place of business in Belgium’s Dutch-speaking region must use the Dutch l…
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Dat is het gevolg van Europese rechtspraak. Het Hof van Justitie heeft op 16 april 2013 geoordeeld dat in grensoverschrijdende arbeidsverhoudingen het…
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Following the majority of Anglo-Saxon countries (United States, Canada, Australia), the possibility to file a collective claim or “class action” has a…
Read MoreLes défenseurs du moratoire de 1986 interdisant la chasse commerciale à la baleine en vue de préserver les différentes espèces, ainsi que leur écosyst…
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Airbnb en de Belgische wet: op welke regels moet je letten als je gastenkamers aanbiedt in België? De laatste tijd was er nogal wat commotie rond jur…
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In het arrest van 8 mei 2014 (nr. 74/2014) heeft het Grondwettelijk Hof de (Vlaamse) regelgever wederom pijnlijk op de vingers getikt. Deze keer moet …
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The Banking Act replaces the Act of 22 March 1993 on the legal status and supervision of credit institutions. The Banking Act lays down new rules, int…
Read MoreDans cet arrêt, la Cour annule l’article 11 du décret de la Région flamande du 28 juin 2013 contenant diverses dispositions en matière d’énergie. Cett…
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On 10 April 2014, the Court of Justice handed down two judgments concerning the gas insulated switchgear cartel (Joint cases C-231/11, C-232/11 P and …
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If you are a trademark owner, and you find that someone else has registered a domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to your trademark, …
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Le principal élément de cet accord est que le droit applicable sur chaque association intercommunale interrégionale (y compris l'autorité de surveilla…
Read MoreDans cet arrêt, le Conseil d’Etat (CE) annule l’arrêté ministériel du 23 décembre 2011 imposant des conditions de prix et de fourniture pour l’approvi…
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The law of 30 July 2013 introduced an obligation for Belgian resident individuals to declare whether they, their spouse, or their minor children are t…
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On 17 April 2014, the European Parliament adopted a directive intended to strengthen the private enforcement of competition law by removing a number o…
Read MoreOn 25 February, the European Parliament voted on the package, including some important amendments. The new provisions adopted by the European Parliame…
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