Following the recent entry into force of the Network and Information Securi…
Even if your company is not established in the EU, you probably have heard …
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!
The proposed EU Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market has now been adopted, wi…
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On 3 September 2014, the ECJ handed down its judgment in Case C-201/13 Deckmyn en Vrijheidsfonds in which it gave guidance regarding the parody except…
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We gaven het in mei van dit jaar al mee: de GPEN, een wereldwijd netwerk van nationale Privacycommissies en -commissarissen, heeft een nieuwe sweep ui…
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Vorige week was het "cookie sweep day" in Frankrijk en in verschillende andere Europese landen. De Franse privacy commissie (CNIL) en andere Europese …
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On 11 September 2014, two royal Decrees relating to the implementation, on the one hand, of the patent provisions (here) and, on the other hand, of th…
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On 25 March 2014, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP 29") issued Opinion 03/2014 (the "Opinion"). The Opinion provides guidance to data controllers to …
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On September 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel (“Court of A…
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On September 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel ("Court of A…
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On 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a decision in a case in which the Court had to answer important questions relating to …
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In a decision of 27 March 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the “Copyright Direc…
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Maximilian Schrems zet zijn kruistocht tegen Facebook verwoed verder. Na verscheidene procedures voor de Privacycommissies van Ierland, Luxemburg en D…
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In 2012, the Court of Appeal of Svea (Sweden) submitted to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) preliminary questions on whether providing hyperlin…
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On 5 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) held that browsing websites without first obtaining the authorisation from the …
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On 20 November 2013, the Court of Appeal of Antwerp partially confirmed the Criminal Court of Dendermonde’s judgment dated 2 March 2009. The Criminal …
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This update focusses on the issue of whether these sanctions will affect the operations of IT companies that conduct business activities in Russia.&nb…
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09/01/2014 - Arrêté royal rendant obligatoire la convention collective de travail du 19 avril 2013, conclue au sein de la Commission paritaire pour le…
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On 19 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling in joined cases C-217/13 and C-218/13 on the regi…
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On 5 June 2014, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) ruled on a preliminary reference from the German Supreme Court regarding the interpretation …
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On 10th July 2010, in the case C-421/13, the European Court of Justice has decided that the representation of the layout of a retail store can be regi…
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On 23 January 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Tribunale di Milano (“Milan Court of Fir…
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