376 results Margrethe Vestager to play matchmaker between enforcement and regulation Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission. Calculating future damages from the past, Science Fiction or law? Imagine having been blocked from expanding your business in 1975, litigating a claim for lost opportunities for all those years, winning that proceedings on the merits, and then having to start separate legal proceedings to determine the amount [...]. Dutch national police service liable for unlawful granting of firearms permit In a recent decision (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:1409), the Supreme Court has decided that the Dutch national police force is liable for damage suffered by victims of a shooting which took place in a shopping centre in 2011; an event that shocked the Netherlands. Tax Alert: EU General Court rules on two cases regarding State aid in relation to tax rulings On 24 September 2019, the General Court of the European Union ("Court") ruled on the joined cases T-760/15 and T-636/16 (Starbucks) and the joined cases T-755/15 and T-759/15 (Fiat Chrysler). Both cases are complex and contain novel considerations. In th Tax Alert: The Netherlands' Budget Day 2019: the impact of the Dutch 2020 Tax Package on international businesses On Tuesday 17 September 2019 (Prinsjesdag) the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the 2020 Tax Package (Belastingpakket) including the 2020 Tax Plan (Belastingplan), i.e. a set of legislative proposals amending the national tax laws for the upcoming year Philippe Campolini joins Stibbe’s leading IP practice as partner Stibbe is delighted to welcome IP lawyer and life sciences specialist Philippe Campolini as new partner in its Brussels office. The hiring of Philippe reinforces the firm’s leading intellectual property practice and responds to developing market needs. Recent developments in the Right to Access One's Personal Data The Belgian Data Protection Authority has recently adopted a broad view of the right to access one's personal data. GDPR meets corporate: (new) opportunities in an M&A case The GDPR is everywhere, also in M&A cases. This article covers some practical points how to cope with GDPR during a deal from beginning to end. Regulating online platforms: piece of the puzzle The new Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, is another piece of the puzzle regulating online platforms. Brand owners beware: Commission tough on cross-border sales restrictions The European Commission recently imposed a EUR 6.2 million fine on Hello Kitty owner Sanrio for preventing its licensees from selling licensed merchandising products across the entire EEA. General court dismisses all five appeals in the optical disk drives cartel The General Court recently upheld a Commission decision finding that suppliers of optical disk drives colluded in bids for sales to Dell and HP by engaging in a network of parallel bilateral contacts over a multi-year period. ICO to impose record-breaking fines for inadequate security measures and data breaches Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly. Tax Alert: Dutch implementation of the EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution On 9 July 2019, the Senate approved the bill on tax arbitration which implements the EU Directive on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union ("EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution") into Dutch national legislation. The bill will be publi Construction activities under the Environment and Planning Act The nature of the permit system for construction activities will change significantly when the Environment and Planning Act (the “Act”) enters into force on 1 January 2024. Building quality assurance under the Environment and Planning Act With the entry into force of the Environment Act ("Ow") on 1 January 2024, a new system of quality assurance will take effect in stages. In this blog post, we discuss the public law part of this new quality assurance system. Belgian Competition Authority concludes first hybrid cartel proceedings On 23 October 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority (the BCA) concluded its first hybrid cartel proceedings by imposing a fine of EUR 778.777 on CERP SA (CERP) for participating in anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical distribution sector. ESG disclosure in equity prospectuses: current state of affairs In a world where ESG takes centre stage, equity prospectuses will need to include disclosure on all material ESG-related matters. Granting of declaratory relief sought in collective action: new limitation period for all related individual claims? The Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal recently ruled that if a collective action within the meaning of Article 3:305a (old) of the Dutch Civil Code leads to the granting of the requested declaratory relief. Pagination Previous page Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page
Margrethe Vestager to play matchmaker between enforcement and regulation Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission.
Calculating future damages from the past, Science Fiction or law? Imagine having been blocked from expanding your business in 1975, litigating a claim for lost opportunities for all those years, winning that proceedings on the merits, and then having to start separate legal proceedings to determine the amount [...].
Dutch national police service liable for unlawful granting of firearms permit In a recent decision (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:1409), the Supreme Court has decided that the Dutch national police force is liable for damage suffered by victims of a shooting which took place in a shopping centre in 2011; an event that shocked the Netherlands.
Tax Alert: EU General Court rules on two cases regarding State aid in relation to tax rulings On 24 September 2019, the General Court of the European Union ("Court") ruled on the joined cases T-760/15 and T-636/16 (Starbucks) and the joined cases T-755/15 and T-759/15 (Fiat Chrysler). Both cases are complex and contain novel considerations. In th
Tax Alert: The Netherlands' Budget Day 2019: the impact of the Dutch 2020 Tax Package on international businesses On Tuesday 17 September 2019 (Prinsjesdag) the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the 2020 Tax Package (Belastingpakket) including the 2020 Tax Plan (Belastingplan), i.e. a set of legislative proposals amending the national tax laws for the upcoming year
Philippe Campolini joins Stibbe’s leading IP practice as partner Stibbe is delighted to welcome IP lawyer and life sciences specialist Philippe Campolini as new partner in its Brussels office. The hiring of Philippe reinforces the firm’s leading intellectual property practice and responds to developing market needs.
Recent developments in the Right to Access One's Personal Data The Belgian Data Protection Authority has recently adopted a broad view of the right to access one's personal data.
GDPR meets corporate: (new) opportunities in an M&A case The GDPR is everywhere, also in M&A cases. This article covers some practical points how to cope with GDPR during a deal from beginning to end.
Regulating online platforms: piece of the puzzle The new Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, is another piece of the puzzle regulating online platforms.
Brand owners beware: Commission tough on cross-border sales restrictions The European Commission recently imposed a EUR 6.2 million fine on Hello Kitty owner Sanrio for preventing its licensees from selling licensed merchandising products across the entire EEA.
General court dismisses all five appeals in the optical disk drives cartel The General Court recently upheld a Commission decision finding that suppliers of optical disk drives colluded in bids for sales to Dell and HP by engaging in a network of parallel bilateral contacts over a multi-year period.
ICO to impose record-breaking fines for inadequate security measures and data breaches Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly.
Tax Alert: Dutch implementation of the EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution On 9 July 2019, the Senate approved the bill on tax arbitration which implements the EU Directive on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union ("EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution") into Dutch national legislation. The bill will be publi
Construction activities under the Environment and Planning Act The nature of the permit system for construction activities will change significantly when the Environment and Planning Act (the “Act”) enters into force on 1 January 2024.
Building quality assurance under the Environment and Planning Act With the entry into force of the Environment Act ("Ow") on 1 January 2024, a new system of quality assurance will take effect in stages. In this blog post, we discuss the public law part of this new quality assurance system.
Belgian Competition Authority concludes first hybrid cartel proceedings On 23 October 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority (the BCA) concluded its first hybrid cartel proceedings by imposing a fine of EUR 778.777 on CERP SA (CERP) for participating in anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical distribution sector.
ESG disclosure in equity prospectuses: current state of affairs In a world where ESG takes centre stage, equity prospectuses will need to include disclosure on all material ESG-related matters.
Granting of declaratory relief sought in collective action: new limitation period for all related individual claims? The Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal recently ruled that if a collective action within the meaning of Article 3:305a (old) of the Dutch Civil Code leads to the granting of the requested declaratory relief.