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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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New data retention obligations for providers of publicly available electronic communications services or netwo…

On 18 July 2016, the Belgian Official Gazette published the Act of 29 May 2016 on the collection and storage of data in the electronic communication s…

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“Losers” lose: transfer of a back-up copy of software, unless authorized, is not allowed

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”), in the Aleksandrs Ranks and Jurijs Vasilevics case (C-166/15), held that although in applying the UsedSoft case…

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Uber chauffeurs zijn werknemers, geen zelfstandigen

De arbeidsrechtbank van Londen heeft beslist dat taxi chauffeurs die hun diensten aanbieden via de Uber app geen zelfstandigen zijn maar werknemers.&n…

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Openbare raadpleging inzake EU-concentratiecontrole

De Europese Commissie organiseert een openbare raadpleging inzake de evaluatie van procedurele en bevoegdheidsaspecten van de EU-concentratiecontroleG…

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How can an employee validly waive his rights to claims arising from the employment contract?

In principle, an employee can only waive such rights after termination of the employment contract, provided a settlement agreement has been concl…

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Commission launches public consultation on the functioning of certain procedural and jurisdictional aspects of…

On 7th October 2016, the European Commission launched a public consultation in order to seek feedback from citizens, businesses, associations, public …

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Jurisdiction clause in the general conditions of tender contract under Brussels I Regulation

Agreements or clauses that confer jurisdiction to a state court are of great importance in international litigation. The reason for parties to agree o…

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Representations and warranties: tips & tricks

It is standard practice to include representations and warranties in share purchase agreements.  They are crucial in assessing risk allocation be…

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Cable transmission, not retransmission: Telenet prevails

On 30 September 2016, the Belgian Court of Cassation decided to partly annul the Court of Appeal of Antwerp’s decision of 4 February 2013 in which the…

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EU Code of Conduct for mobile health apps almost finalized

A code of conduct for mobile health (mHealth) apps has been drafted by the European Commission (the “Code of Conduct”) to guide mHealth-app developers…

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Brussels Court of Appeal confirms interim measures against exclusive TV broadcasting rights

On 7 September 2016, the Brussels Court of Appeal (the “Court”) confirmed the interim measures of the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) preve…

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Les avocats et l'innovation

Comment penser l’innovation, quand on est avocat ? Il est courant, dans un certain discours managérial, de présenter l’innovation comme une vertu…

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E-mails stored outside the US cannot be claimed by the US Government

On 14 July 2016 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the Court of Appeals) rendered a judgment in the “Warrant case” (or the “Mi…

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Likelihood of confusion in just one part of the EU, EU trade mark infringement and prohibition order in that p…

On 22 September 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered an interesting judgment in case C‑223/15 regarding the question whe…

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European Commission proposes to tackle hybrid mismatches between EU and non-EU countries and to improve disput…

On 25 October 2016, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive to neutralise hybrid mismatch structures involving third (non-EU) cou…

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Commission gives guidance on local public support measures that do not constitute State aid

On 21 September 2016, the European Commission adopted five decisions on the financing of purely local activities that fall outside the scope of State …

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Y a-t-il un remède infaillible à la taxe sur les plus-values?

Alors que le gouvernement se déchire sur l’instauration d’une taxation des plus-values sur actions à l’impôt des personnes physiques (IPP), les contri…

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GDPR – Processing of sensitive personal data

This update aims to provide you with a practical overview of the most relevant changes resulting from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a…

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European Commission publishes proposals for an EU corporation tax system for multinationals

‘25 October 2016; the European Commission published proposals for an EU corporation tax system for multinationals under which the Member States’ auton…

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Commission publishes Preliminary Report on the e-commerce sector inquiry

Following the launch of the e-commerce sector inquiry in May 2015, the European Commission has now published a Preliminary Report. The report pre…

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