857 results Anne van Boekel Junior Associate Amsterdam Noot bij de uitspraak van de Hoge Raad van 16 februari 2024 De Hoge Raad over de vrijheid van uittreding bij een coöperatie (JOR 2024/132), met noot van Manon Cremers How a 'non-commercial' contract can still qualify as a commercial transaction and be subject to statutory commercial interest Statutory commercial interest is higher than the ordinary statutory interest. Whether statutory commercial interest is due, depends on the qualification of the relationship between the parties as a commercial contract under Article 6:119a DCC. The anti-SLAPP Directive has legal effect Litigation against, for example journalists, NGOs, and human rights defenders could effectively silence them. To prevent this, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union recently adopted the anti-SLAPP Directive. Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts. Stibbe advises Viatris in sale of substantially all of Viatris’ European OTC Business to Cooper Consumer Health Stibbe successfully guides Viatris through EU regulatory processes. De Ecodesign Verordening: nieuwe duurzaamheidsverplichtingen voor producenten Op 18 juli 2024 is de Ecodesign Verordening in werking getreden. De wet vormt de basis van de Europese aanpak voor duurzaam en circulair productontwerp. You win some, you lose some: Google AdSense decision annulled The General Court has annulled the EUR 1.49 billion fine imposed on Google. The Commission had failed to properly assess the allegedly abusive contractual clauses related to online advertising, including whether they actually had a lock-in effect. Qualcomm falls prey to EU court’s predatory pricing ruling The EU General Court confirms that Qualcomm’s below-cost pricing strategy designed to eliminate competition was predatory. This judgment, the first of its kind in over a decade, provides useful guidance on predatory pricing practices. Get ready for more action! Dutch investment screening continues to evolve Dutch investment screening is rapidly expanding: since June, the proposal for a separate defence regime has been published and the intended expansion of the regime of the Vifo Act to include AI and biotech has been announced. Reason for a quick update! Mira Deweerdt Junior Associate Brussels Carolin Baes Junior Associate Brussels Google Shopping: self-preferencing can be abusive The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Google abused its dominance by favouring its own shopping comparison service and demoting competing ones. However, not all favouritism is doomed. Arnaud Bouteille Junior Associate Brussels Meta fined for Facebook Marketplace’s Unfair Trading Conditions and Tying Unfair trading conditions and tying are gaining traction as alleged abusive practices in the digital industry, as the European Commission fines Meta EUR 797.72 million for hindering competitors of Facebook Marketplace. The gift that keeps on giving: Article 22 is here to stay The European Commission will review a transaction thanks to Italy’s call-in powers. Even though the broad interpretation of Article 22 EUMR is off the table, deals that do not meet standard EU and national merger thresholds may still need to be notified. Overheidsaansprakelijkheid: claims tegen de overheid In deze aflevering van Stibbe Legal Insights duiken we met Tijn Kortmann en Branda Katan in het overheidsaansprakelijkheidsrecht. Wat gebeurt er wanneer de overheid verantwoordelijk wordt gehouden voor schade geleden door burgers? Van procederen kun je leren? Rechterlijke toetsing van concentratiezaken in Nederland Roos Elemans en Simone Evans staan in een artikel voor het Tijdschrift Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk stil bij de vraag: wel of geen beroep instellen tegen een concentratiebesluit? Pagination Previous page Page 8 Current page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Next page
Noot bij de uitspraak van de Hoge Raad van 16 februari 2024 De Hoge Raad over de vrijheid van uittreding bij een coöperatie (JOR 2024/132), met noot van Manon Cremers
How a 'non-commercial' contract can still qualify as a commercial transaction and be subject to statutory commercial interest Statutory commercial interest is higher than the ordinary statutory interest. Whether statutory commercial interest is due, depends on the qualification of the relationship between the parties as a commercial contract under Article 6:119a DCC.
The anti-SLAPP Directive has legal effect Litigation against, for example journalists, NGOs, and human rights defenders could effectively silence them. To prevent this, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union recently adopted the anti-SLAPP Directive.
Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts.
Stibbe advises Viatris in sale of substantially all of Viatris’ European OTC Business to Cooper Consumer Health Stibbe successfully guides Viatris through EU regulatory processes.
De Ecodesign Verordening: nieuwe duurzaamheidsverplichtingen voor producenten Op 18 juli 2024 is de Ecodesign Verordening in werking getreden. De wet vormt de basis van de Europese aanpak voor duurzaam en circulair productontwerp.
You win some, you lose some: Google AdSense decision annulled The General Court has annulled the EUR 1.49 billion fine imposed on Google. The Commission had failed to properly assess the allegedly abusive contractual clauses related to online advertising, including whether they actually had a lock-in effect.
Qualcomm falls prey to EU court’s predatory pricing ruling The EU General Court confirms that Qualcomm’s below-cost pricing strategy designed to eliminate competition was predatory. This judgment, the first of its kind in over a decade, provides useful guidance on predatory pricing practices.
Get ready for more action! Dutch investment screening continues to evolve Dutch investment screening is rapidly expanding: since June, the proposal for a separate defence regime has been published and the intended expansion of the regime of the Vifo Act to include AI and biotech has been announced. Reason for a quick update!
Google Shopping: self-preferencing can be abusive The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Google abused its dominance by favouring its own shopping comparison service and demoting competing ones. However, not all favouritism is doomed.
Meta fined for Facebook Marketplace’s Unfair Trading Conditions and Tying Unfair trading conditions and tying are gaining traction as alleged abusive practices in the digital industry, as the European Commission fines Meta EUR 797.72 million for hindering competitors of Facebook Marketplace.
The gift that keeps on giving: Article 22 is here to stay The European Commission will review a transaction thanks to Italy’s call-in powers. Even though the broad interpretation of Article 22 EUMR is off the table, deals that do not meet standard EU and national merger thresholds may still need to be notified.
Overheidsaansprakelijkheid: claims tegen de overheid In deze aflevering van Stibbe Legal Insights duiken we met Tijn Kortmann en Branda Katan in het overheidsaansprakelijkheidsrecht. Wat gebeurt er wanneer de overheid verantwoordelijk wordt gehouden voor schade geleden door burgers?
Van procederen kun je leren? Rechterlijke toetsing van concentratiezaken in Nederland Roos Elemans en Simone Evans staan in een artikel voor het Tijdschrift Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk stil bij de vraag: wel of geen beroep instellen tegen een concentratiebesluit?