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Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

Nous sommes ravis de constater votre enthousiasme pour la 8ème édition des Universités d’été qui aura lieu les 20 et 21 août 2024 au magnifique Château-ferme de Courrière. Avec déj…

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L’avenir numérique s’éclaire

Le 12 juin 2024, les 11.000 avocats flamands, et les 8.300 avocats francophones et germanophones ont uni leur destin numérique dans la société DPA (Digital Platform for Attorneys),…

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New Partner at Deloitte Legal

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of DeloitteLegal’s newest partner in Belgium: Matthias Vierstraete.

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Enforcement of the EU AI Act: The EU AI Office

On 21 May 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the Regulation la…

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Adoption of the AI Act: What does it entail?

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Protect your Trade Secrets – Criminal Law Protection & Tax Issues

In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we discussed the measures aimed at maintaining the confidentiality of trade secrets during legal pro…

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European Data Protection Supervisor Releases New Opinion on the EU’s Proposed AI Act

On October 24, 2023, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), which is the supervisory authority for the EU institutions, bodies, offices and a…

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Protect your Trade Secrets – Maintaining confidentiality during legal proceedings

In the latest episode of our Trade Secrets Series we focused on the position of trade secrets in the employer-employee relationship. In this fifth epi…

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Protect your Trade Secrets – Employer-employee relationship

In the first three episodes of our Trade Secrets Series we gave an introduction to the legal framework governing trade secrets in Belgium and explaine…

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Belgium’s Harmonic Discord on related rights

For the first time, the CJEU has been asked to clarify the temporal applicability of the right to “appropriate and proportionate remuneration” laid do…

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Strelia Whistleblowing Insight: Which companies must set up internal whistleblowing reporting channels?

The Belgian Whistleblower Act of 28 November 2022 on the protection of reporters of violations of Union or national law transposes the EU Whistleblowe…

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The impact of the GDPR on AI

The use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system is inextricably linked with the use of data. This data can include data such as images, paintings, t…

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EU Cybersecurity Month: The looming threat of a single phishing click to your business

The EU Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) is an annual awareness campaign held every October throughout Europe, orchestrated by European and national institut…

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Meta Platforms: GDPR violations by dominant platforms may amount to abuses under competition law

Companies holding a dominant position on their (digital) markets may be sanctioned by (national) competition authorities for infringing… the General D…

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Feu vert pour les transferts de données vers les USA !

Le 10 juillet 2023, les accords de protection de données conclus entre l’Union européenne et les États unis ont permis à la Commission européenne de d…

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Protect your Trade Secrets – General Introduction

The legal framework governing trade secrets in Belgium has changed significantly with the adoption of EU Directive 2016/943 of 8 June 2016 on the prot…

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Can Artificial Intelligence systems claim authorship under copyright law?

In today's landscape, generative AI raises a lot of concerns about copyright. Should these works have been the result of only human effort, copyright …

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Summer Snapshot: Tech and Data Highlights You Might Have Missed

Have you taken a break from your usual spot in front of the computer screen over the past few weeks? No worries, this article provides a succinct over…

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Creactivity s’agrandit avec Sophie Everarts de Velp et Peter Decru !

Lexing – Belgium se développe avec l’arrivée de deux nouveaux collaborateurs au sein de Creactivity : notre département en Propriété Intellectuelle, T…

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Where to notify a personal data breach?

Ransomware, malware, hacking and phishing … all phenomena that organisations are facing on a large scale. Data breaches are here to stay in our highly…

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Data Protection & Privacy at the Workplace Series – August 2023

In this edition of our Series, we analyze Decision no. 40/2023 of April 3, 2023 rendered by the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA). The DPA answe…

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Data Privacy Framework (DPF) vs. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC): At-A-Glance Comparison

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concludes that th…

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EU reaches agreement on Data Act – Comprehensive EU data law is on the way

On 27 June 2023, the European Parliament and Council resolved the remaining open points and reached a political agreement on the EU Data Act, paving t…

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Hi ChatGPT, how do you feel about the upcoming EU AI Act?

On 14 June 2023, the European Parliament adopted its position on the draft AI Act, which brings one step closer an EU regulation for generative AI and…

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La visioconférence en tant qu’outil de recrutement : quelles limites?

Depuis les périodes de confinement dues à la pandémie de Covid-19, l’utilisation de la visioconférence a le vent en poupe dans le cadre du recrutement…

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