1121 results General Court leaves door ajar for pharma companies in the Servier-case On 12 December 2018, the General Court partly annulled the Commission's decision to fine drug manufacturer and originator company Servier and five generic companies in a reverse payment patent settlement case. General Court dismisses Canal+ appeal against pay-TV commitment decision The General Court recently dismissed the appeal brought by Canal+ against the decision of the European Commission making the commitments of Paramount legally binding. Partial fine reduction for Deutsche Telekom and Slovak Telekom for abuse of dominance The General Court recently clarified that to establish a margin squeeze in the case of positive margins, the Commission needs to prove the exclusionary effects of the dominant company's pricing practices. Industrial plastic-bag makers lose out on EUR 800,000 at European Court of Justice Companies awaiting the outcome of appeal proceedings should carefully consider whether to pay the imposed fine by bank guarantee or direct payment. Guess what, online branding restrictions are on the Commission's radar Companies are probably aware of the Commission's eagerness to clamp down on online resale price maintenance and geo-blocking restrictions. The recent fine for vertical restraints by clothing company Guess marks a new dot on the Commission's radar. Stibbe advises Delivery Hero Stibbe advises Delivery Hero on the sale of its German food delivery businesses Lieferheld, Pizza.de and foodora to Takeaway.com in exchange for cash and an equity stake in Takeaway.com. Stibbe wins Mergermarket ‘Benelux M&A Legal Adviser of the Year’ award During the European M&A Awards 2018 in London organised by Mergermarket, Stibbe received the ‘Benelux M&A Legal Adviser of the Year’ award. Following a review of all pitches and M&A league table data the judges selected Stibbe as the winner for the Benelu Tax Alert: Budget Day tax proposals On 18 September it was budget day (Prinsjesdag) in the Netherlands on which the Dutch government released several bills of law containing tax law proposals. In this Tax Alert we will provide you with a summary of the main proposals relevant for internatio Maaltijdbezorger Deliveroo werkzaam op basis van opdrachtovereenkomst, geen arbeidsovereenkomst (annotatie) In deze annotatie bespreken Joren Wiewel en Jaap van Slooten de eerste uitspraak van een Nederlandse rechter over ‘de platformwerker’. Overstromingen en vergunningen: hoe zit het nu juist? Met de vaststelling van de zogenaamde watergevoelige openruimtegebieden (ook wel de "WORG") hoopt de Vlaamse regering een nieuwe stap te zetten richting in haar overstromingsbeleid. En hoe beter een grond tegen overstromingen beschermen dan er een (relati Dutch international taxation - current developments The global debate on alleged aggressive international tax planning initiated by the G20/OECD and the EU, is an important driver of the current developments in the field of international taxation. The following is a high level summary of certain developmen Court of Appeal in the Netherlands decides to appoint independent economic experts in TenneT v ABB On 20 July 2018, the Court of Appeal of Gelderland published another interim judgment in the ongoing proceedings between TenneT, the grid operator in the Netherlands, and ABB in relation to the gas insulated switchgear (GIS) infringement. District Court in the Netherlands rules on limitation periods in CRT case On 27 June 2018, the District Court of East-Brabant ruled on the limitation periods of a damages claim brought by Vestel in relation to the alleged cathode ray tubes (CRT) cartel. European Commission issues a new Best Practices Code for State aid control On 16 July 2018, the European Commission adopted a new Best Practices Code for State aid control. With this code the Commission aims to provide clarity to Member States, businesses and stakeholders about the day-to-day conduct of State aid procedures. General Court dismisses appeals by investor against power cable cartel fine On 12 July 2018, the General Court dismissed the appeals against the fines imposed by the European Commission in the power cable cartel. European Court of Justice dismissed Orange Polska’s appeal in abuse of dominance case On 25 July 2018, the European Court of Justice rejected Orange Polska's appeal relating to a European Commission decision finding an abuse of dominance on the Polish wholesale broadband market. Energy Charter Treaty arbitration clause cannot be relied on in intra-EU investment disputes, says EC Following the Achmea judgement of the CJEU, the European Commission issued a new document providing guidance on the protection of cross-border EU investments. In this communication, which is not binding from a legal perspective but reflects the EU Commiss Aaldert ten Veen treedt toe tot Raad van State Aaldert ten Veen, partner en voormalig bestuurslid van Stibbe, is vandaag door het kabinet voorgedragen om te worden benoemd tot staatsraad bij de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State. De benoeming van Aaldert gaat in per 1 maart 2019. Pagination Previous page Page 39 Current page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Next page
General Court leaves door ajar for pharma companies in the Servier-case On 12 December 2018, the General Court partly annulled the Commission's decision to fine drug manufacturer and originator company Servier and five generic companies in a reverse payment patent settlement case.
General Court dismisses Canal+ appeal against pay-TV commitment decision The General Court recently dismissed the appeal brought by Canal+ against the decision of the European Commission making the commitments of Paramount legally binding.
Partial fine reduction for Deutsche Telekom and Slovak Telekom for abuse of dominance The General Court recently clarified that to establish a margin squeeze in the case of positive margins, the Commission needs to prove the exclusionary effects of the dominant company's pricing practices.
Industrial plastic-bag makers lose out on EUR 800,000 at European Court of Justice Companies awaiting the outcome of appeal proceedings should carefully consider whether to pay the imposed fine by bank guarantee or direct payment.
Guess what, online branding restrictions are on the Commission's radar Companies are probably aware of the Commission's eagerness to clamp down on online resale price maintenance and geo-blocking restrictions. The recent fine for vertical restraints by clothing company Guess marks a new dot on the Commission's radar.
Stibbe advises Delivery Hero Stibbe advises Delivery Hero on the sale of its German food delivery businesses Lieferheld, Pizza.de and foodora to Takeaway.com in exchange for cash and an equity stake in Takeaway.com.
Stibbe wins Mergermarket ‘Benelux M&A Legal Adviser of the Year’ award During the European M&A Awards 2018 in London organised by Mergermarket, Stibbe received the ‘Benelux M&A Legal Adviser of the Year’ award. Following a review of all pitches and M&A league table data the judges selected Stibbe as the winner for the Benelu
Tax Alert: Budget Day tax proposals On 18 September it was budget day (Prinsjesdag) in the Netherlands on which the Dutch government released several bills of law containing tax law proposals. In this Tax Alert we will provide you with a summary of the main proposals relevant for internatio
Maaltijdbezorger Deliveroo werkzaam op basis van opdrachtovereenkomst, geen arbeidsovereenkomst (annotatie) In deze annotatie bespreken Joren Wiewel en Jaap van Slooten de eerste uitspraak van een Nederlandse rechter over ‘de platformwerker’.
Overstromingen en vergunningen: hoe zit het nu juist? Met de vaststelling van de zogenaamde watergevoelige openruimtegebieden (ook wel de "WORG") hoopt de Vlaamse regering een nieuwe stap te zetten richting in haar overstromingsbeleid. En hoe beter een grond tegen overstromingen beschermen dan er een (relati
Dutch international taxation - current developments The global debate on alleged aggressive international tax planning initiated by the G20/OECD and the EU, is an important driver of the current developments in the field of international taxation. The following is a high level summary of certain developmen
Court of Appeal in the Netherlands decides to appoint independent economic experts in TenneT v ABB On 20 July 2018, the Court of Appeal of Gelderland published another interim judgment in the ongoing proceedings between TenneT, the grid operator in the Netherlands, and ABB in relation to the gas insulated switchgear (GIS) infringement.
District Court in the Netherlands rules on limitation periods in CRT case On 27 June 2018, the District Court of East-Brabant ruled on the limitation periods of a damages claim brought by Vestel in relation to the alleged cathode ray tubes (CRT) cartel.
European Commission issues a new Best Practices Code for State aid control On 16 July 2018, the European Commission adopted a new Best Practices Code for State aid control. With this code the Commission aims to provide clarity to Member States, businesses and stakeholders about the day-to-day conduct of State aid procedures.
General Court dismisses appeals by investor against power cable cartel fine On 12 July 2018, the General Court dismissed the appeals against the fines imposed by the European Commission in the power cable cartel.
European Court of Justice dismissed Orange Polska’s appeal in abuse of dominance case On 25 July 2018, the European Court of Justice rejected Orange Polska's appeal relating to a European Commission decision finding an abuse of dominance on the Polish wholesale broadband market.
Energy Charter Treaty arbitration clause cannot be relied on in intra-EU investment disputes, says EC Following the Achmea judgement of the CJEU, the European Commission issued a new document providing guidance on the protection of cross-border EU investments. In this communication, which is not binding from a legal perspective but reflects the EU Commiss
Aaldert ten Veen treedt toe tot Raad van State Aaldert ten Veen, partner en voormalig bestuurslid van Stibbe, is vandaag door het kabinet voorgedragen om te worden benoemd tot staatsraad bij de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State. De benoeming van Aaldert gaat in per 1 maart 2019.