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On 20 November 2020, the Investigation and Prosecution Service of the Belgian Competition Authority announced that it had submitted a motivated propos…
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First Belgian ruling on abuse of economic dependence: much looked forward too, little precedential value?
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The CJEU ruling from 16 July 2020 in the Schrems II case created a lot of uncertainty for organisations transferring personal data…
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Op 14 oktober 2020 heeft het Vlaams Parlement de wijziging van het Vlaams Onteigeningsdecreet goedgekeurd voor wat betreft de invoering van een minnel…
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Yesterday, 24 November 2020, the new law on basic banking services for businesses has been published in the Belgian Official Journal. This law voted o…
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The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) published 15 recommendations for (re)insurance companies that outsource to cloud service providers. These…
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L’arrêté royal n°4 du 9 avril 2020 portant des dispositions diverses en matières de copropriété et de droit des sociétés et des associations dans le c…
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The Court of Justice of the European Union delivers judgments regarding the concept of “communication to the public” faster than legal scholars can re…
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Het Hof van Beroep te Brussel oordeelde dat communicatie gericht aan klanten van een concurrent ter actualisering van klantenbestanden in de mate die …
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Nearly one year ago, the EU Parliament adopted the directive No 2019/2161 (better known as the “Omnibus Directive”) as a result of the “New …
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On 11 November 2020, the EDPB published (in concept) its long-awaited recommendations concerning the transfer of personal data following Schrems II. M…
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This summer has brought a major lawsuit in the video game industry with the “Apple v. Epic Games” case. Epic Games, the developer of the popular game&…
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In the Schrems II judgment of 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice ruled that the transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) on …
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Om de nadelige economische gevolgen van de COVID-19 pandemie zoveel als mogelijk te beperken, voorziet de regering niet enkel in financiële (bijv. ove…
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On 30 October 2020, the Judge of Peace of Etterbeek rendered a judgment on commercial leases in the first lockdown period in view of the COVID-19 meas…
Read MoreOn 11 November, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) rendered its judgment (Case C‑61/19) in a case (Orange România SA v. Autoritatea Naţională de …
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Het Arbeidshof van Antwerpen heeft het ontslag om dringende reden van een werknemer die weigert een mondmasker te dragen op zijn arbeidsplaats bekrach…
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As the retail sector is one of the sectors most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, employers within it might be considering dismissing employees for e…
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Yes, employee consent is possible in certain circumstances – but do not assume old processing activities fully comply. That, in summary, was the posit…
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EIOPA published a paper on its approach to product oversight and governance requirements for insurance distributors and manufacturers
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