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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!
In de recente pers zijn berichten verschenen over de vraag of werkgevers de e-mails van hun werknemers mogen lezen. De directe aanleiding voor deze be…
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The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) provides that European companies may transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area i…
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Les sociétés luxembourgeoises sont en principe soumises à l’impôt sur le revenu des collectivités (ci-après « IRC ») de 21 % majoré par une contributi…
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On 1 October 2015 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a judgment in response to the questions raised by the Kúria (Hungarian Supreme Court)…
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We bespreken hier kort het arrest van het EHRM van 12 januari 2016 waarin beslist werd over de rechtmatigheid van het monitoren van de communicatie va…
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On 22 October 2015, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court (Hö…
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Pursuant to article 9 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications (the “Act”), an electronic communication service provider (the “service …
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En matière de données personnelles, l'année 2016 sera l'année de la recherche de nouveaux équilibres. Depuis juin 2013, date des premières révélations…
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While some people never stopped believing that the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") would one day become a reality, others had started to d…
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Vrijdag 11 december ll. keurde de federale ministerraad, op voorstel van minister van Digitale Agenda en Telecommunicatie, Alexander De Croo, een voor…
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This December 15, the EU Commission, Parliament and the Council reached an agreement, via the so called "trilogue" meetings on EU data protection refo…
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On 15th December 2015, the European Parliament has approved the trademark reform package. The purpose of this package, consisting in one directive (t…
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A lot has been written about two recent court cases related to Facebook. The first one is the decision of 6 October in the case of the Austrian studen…
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In een acht jaar aanslepend dispuut tussen de Belgische justitie en het Amerikaans internetbedrijf Yahoo! heeft het Hof van Cassatie definitief geoord…
Read MoreOn 12 November 2015, the Court of Justice in the Hewlett-Packard Belgium v. Reprobel case (C-572/13) eviscerated the system of fair compensation provi…
Read MoreIn the SBS Belgium NV (SBS) v. Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers (SABAM) case (C 325/14), the Court of Justice, following a r…
Read MoreVorige maand heeft het Hof van Justitie van de EU (HJEU) een interessante uitspraak gedaan over vormmerken, nadat de Engelse High Court of Justice pre…
Read MoreFollowing the landmark ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) on 6 October 2015 in the Maximilian Schrems v Data Protection …
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Once again, Facebook is in the spotlight. On November 9, following the Recommendation 04/2015 of May 13, 2015, issued by the Belgian Data Protection A…
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Facebook uses “datr-cookies” to collect personal data of non-members. These datr-cookies are automatically installed on the browsers of non-members wh…
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