News & Articles

17/08/18

Opinie: "Zijn er nog advocaten, notarissen en deurwaarders nodig?"

19/06/18

The Real Challenge of Innovation for In-House Lawyers

Innovation is becoming the new mantra among legal departments.  But in what direction should in-house lawyers direct their innovation effort…

04/05/18

A lawyer's guide to programming and computer science

Wim Dejonghe recently claimed that "the legal professional of the future needs programming skills". The Allen & Overy partner is not the only one …

07/03/17

Zijn legal online platformen legaal voor de advocaat?

Rocket Lawyer heeft aangekondigd actief te worden op de Nederlandse markt. De stap naar België volgt wel. Dit soort aanbiedingen vertegenwoordigt enor…

28/10/16

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…

03/10/15

Are you creating “Superior Value” for your clients?

Many firms and professionals claim that their fundamental strategic objective is to create superior value for their clients. If you are one …

03/03/15

What Does “Legal Risk” Mean?

Defining "legal risk" is tricky. Risk management professionals disagree as to whether the risk that a company would breach anti-corruption laws consti…

02/03/15

Hospitals

Le financement des hôpitaux est un sujet sur la table de nos gouvernements depuis longtemps. Il y reste.

05/12/14

Why You Should Remove “Non-Billable” from Your Vocabulary

Some firms assign non-billable targets to their people. It is not uncommon to see firms where professionals have to achieve, let's say 300 non-billabl…

01/12/14

Proposed changes to China’s Catalogue of Foreign Investment

On 4 November 2014, China's National Development and Reform Commission (the "NDRC") released an "opinion-seeking draft" of proposed changes to the Cat…

04/11/14

Investors show appetite for European hotel sector, despite recent threats faced by the sector.

Les volumes d'investissement dans le secteur hôtelier sont à la hausse. En Europe, la hausse est de l'ordre de 17% entre 2012 et 2013. Ce pourcentage …

11/09/14

Hospital legislation – some news

Ruim een maand geleden verscheen in het Belgisch Staatsblad de wet van 10 april 2014 houdende diverse bepalingen inzake gezondheid. Deze wet stemt in …

03/09/14

The mental health profession – new regulations

It was a political promise from some time ago: now it has been fulfilled. The Act of 4 April 2014 regulating the mental health profession and amendi…

28/08/14

The temporary withdrawal of the right to practise medicine

The law of 10 April 2014 modifying Royal Decree No. 78 of 10 November 1967 concerning the exercise of healthcare professions introduces a new proced…

25/08/14

The practice of homeopathy finally regulated

It took 15 years to apply (part of) the law of 29 April 1999 on non-conventional practices. Homeopathy was finally regulated, following the publicat…

13/08/14

Grondwettelijk Hof velt arrest over wilde dieren in het circus

Tot begin 2014 vielen circussen of rondreizende tentoonstellingen niet onder het algemene verbod op het houden van bepaalde wilde dieren. Na lang…

29/07/14

The future Belgian register for nanomaterials: what companies should know about it

On 7 February 2014, the Belgian federal government issued a press release declaring that the draft Royal Decree creating a Belgian register for nanoma…

30/09/13

What foreigners better know under the new PRC Exit and Entry rules

We would like to raise your special attention to the new PRC Exit and Entry Law of July 1, 2013 (hereinafter, the "New Law") as well as to the Regulat…

17/06/13

District Court of The Hague rules on preliminary defences in paraffin wax damage claims case

On 1 May 2013, the District Court of The Hague ruled in an interim decision on various preliminary defences in an antitrust 'follow-on' litigation cas…

23/05/13

Under a pre-Expedia instruction of the Dutch Supreme Court, the Arnhem Appeals Court applies the appreciabilit…

On 26 March 2013, the Arnhem Appeals Court rendered its judgment in the Batavus case (LJN: BZ5188) , following remand instructions from the Dutch Supr…