158 results Will the COVID-19 pandemic have an impact on financial covenants? As it is expected that the coronavirus outbreak will negatively affect the operations of companies in a wide variety of sectors, any consequent breaches of financial covenants are likely inevitable. Pay-for-delay: brightened lines between object and effect restrictions In its first pay-for-delay case, the ECJ has clarified the criteria determining whether settlement agreements between a patent holder of a pharmaceutical product and a generic manufacturer may have as their object or effect to restrict EU competition law. Instrumentendecreet goedgekeurd door Vlaamse regering Op 20 december 2019 heeft de Vlaamse regering het ontwerp van Instrumentendecreet goedgekeurd. Dit decreet bundelt de verschillende omgevingsinstrumenten met het oog op ruimtelijke realisaties op het terrein (zoals de fameuze "betonstop" of "bouwshift"). Tackling Big Tech up-front? Time to stop thinking and start acting Benelux competition authorities have published a joint memorandum on how best to keep up with challenges in fast-moving digital markets. Horizontal cooperation: from the dark side to the light? Recent enforcement action shows that companies involved in data sharing and data pooling or sustainability cooperation need to tread carefully. Overzicht van nieuwe/hangende prejudiciële vragen in verband met consumentenrecht Gelieve hierbij een selectie te vinden van nieuwe/lopende prejudiciële vragen, inclusief hyperlinks naar de website van het Hof van Justitie. Résumé des questions préjudicielles nouvelles/en cours sur le droit de la consommation Veuillez trouver ci-joint une sélection de questions préjudicielles nouvelles/en cours, y compris des hyperliens vers le site de la Cour de justice. Gun jumping: beware, the Commission will take action The Commission has imposed interim measures on Illumina and GRAIL. These measures include the obligation to run GRAIL by independent management. Back to the future – Commission publishes roadmap for green and digital challenges The Commission’s Communication “A competition policy fit for new challenges” (the “Communication”) identifies key areas in which competition law and policy can support European efforts in dealing with the challenges of the green and digital transitions. ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector. Dominant firm may refuse to supply retailer after initial delivery The Brussels Court of Appeal has held that a dominant producer firm may have valid reasons to refuse further supplies to a retailer, despite its dominance and despite previous deliveries. Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision. CSR CSR is an integral part of our firm’s culture and corporate strategy. We have defined clear principles and initiatives to play our part as corporate citizens. CSR Overview CSR Pro bono Annemieke Zwanenburg Associate Amsterdam Miriam van Esseveld Associate Amsterdam Frederiek Fernhout Senior Associate Amsterdam Pagination Previous page Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page
Will the COVID-19 pandemic have an impact on financial covenants? As it is expected that the coronavirus outbreak will negatively affect the operations of companies in a wide variety of sectors, any consequent breaches of financial covenants are likely inevitable.
Pay-for-delay: brightened lines between object and effect restrictions In its first pay-for-delay case, the ECJ has clarified the criteria determining whether settlement agreements between a patent holder of a pharmaceutical product and a generic manufacturer may have as their object or effect to restrict EU competition law.
Instrumentendecreet goedgekeurd door Vlaamse regering Op 20 december 2019 heeft de Vlaamse regering het ontwerp van Instrumentendecreet goedgekeurd. Dit decreet bundelt de verschillende omgevingsinstrumenten met het oog op ruimtelijke realisaties op het terrein (zoals de fameuze "betonstop" of "bouwshift").
Tackling Big Tech up-front? Time to stop thinking and start acting Benelux competition authorities have published a joint memorandum on how best to keep up with challenges in fast-moving digital markets.
Horizontal cooperation: from the dark side to the light? Recent enforcement action shows that companies involved in data sharing and data pooling or sustainability cooperation need to tread carefully.
Overzicht van nieuwe/hangende prejudiciële vragen in verband met consumentenrecht Gelieve hierbij een selectie te vinden van nieuwe/lopende prejudiciële vragen, inclusief hyperlinks naar de website van het Hof van Justitie.
Résumé des questions préjudicielles nouvelles/en cours sur le droit de la consommation Veuillez trouver ci-joint une sélection de questions préjudicielles nouvelles/en cours, y compris des hyperliens vers le site de la Cour de justice.
Gun jumping: beware, the Commission will take action The Commission has imposed interim measures on Illumina and GRAIL. These measures include the obligation to run GRAIL by independent management.
Back to the future – Commission publishes roadmap for green and digital challenges The Commission’s Communication “A competition policy fit for new challenges” (the “Communication”) identifies key areas in which competition law and policy can support European efforts in dealing with the challenges of the green and digital transitions.
ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector.
Dominant firm may refuse to supply retailer after initial delivery The Brussels Court of Appeal has held that a dominant producer firm may have valid reasons to refuse further supplies to a retailer, despite its dominance and despite previous deliveries.
Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision.
CSR CSR is an integral part of our firm’s culture and corporate strategy. We have defined clear principles and initiatives to play our part as corporate citizens.