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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!
On 12 April 2018, the Dutch-language Commercial Court of Brussels (the “Court”) gave judgment in a dispute between Novartis AG (“Novartis”), a pharmac…
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The EU – US Privacy Shield was adopted in July 2016 as a replacement of the Safe Harbor regime, which was struck down by the EU Court of Justice (“CJE…
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On 10 July 2018, the EU Court of Justice rendered a judgement in a case relating to the data processing activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Communit…
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On 21 March 2018, the Belgian Parliament adopted a law amending the Belgian Camera Act of 2007. The primary goal was to create a more adequate legal f…
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La mise en ligne sur un site Internet d’une photographie librement accessible sur un autre site Internet avec l’autorisation de l’auteur, nécessite un…
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Blockchain, considered to be the greatest technological innovation since the internet, is currently also one of the most debated technologies. From a …
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The CJEU sided with Mitsubishi and ruled that a trade mark proprietor has the right to oppose the removal by third parties of its trade marks and thei…
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In its recent Nestlé v Mondelez decision (C-84/17P, C-85/17P and C-95/17P), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the acqui…
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The Dutch Data protection authority (Autoriteit persoonsgegevens –“AP”) recently informed the public that they were assessing the GDPR compliance leve…
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In its judgement of 5 June 2018, the EU Court of Justice (“CJEU”) had a clear message for owners of Facebook Fan Pages: because of your choice to use …
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This series provides more detailed insight into the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), which was published on 4 May 2016 and entered into ef…
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Het Beneluxverdrag inzake de intellectuele eigendom ondergaat enkele ingrijpende wijzigingenwijzigingen. Een van de belangrijkste daarvan is de intred…
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The Act of 31 March 2007 governing the installation and use of surveillance cameras (hereinafter the "Video Surveillance Act") has been revised due to…
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In de media vernamen wij dat onze Rode Duivels beroep deden op een databureau, dat bepaalde teams/spelers reeds weken in de gaten houdt. Maar ka…
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Short refresher: on 8 June 2016, the European legislator adopted a new Trade Secrets Directive. Members States were supposed to implement this Directi…
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On n’y croyait plus mais le gouvernement a déposé au Parlement le projet de loi relatif à la protection des personnes physiques à l’égard des tra…
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The EU Directive 2016/943 of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acq…
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down an eagerly awaited decision in a dispute about Christian Louboutin's “red sole ma…
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On 12 June 2018, after having obtained the Council of State’s advice, the Belgian draft GDPR bill was submitted to Parliament. However, the …
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- De GDPR is onvermijdelijk, maar het helpt om dit niet alleen als een last te zien. - Bedrijven ondervinden ook de voordelen van het aan…
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