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On Friday 29 June 2018, the Dutch government made public its intention to abolish article 29a Dutch corporate income tax act ('DCITA'), per 1 January 2019. As a result of the abolishment of this provision, coupon payments on so-called additional-tier 1 ('

In two recently published Dutch District Court judgments, the high evidentiary standard for invoking competition law arguments in civil proceedings was confirmed.

On 22 February 2018 the European Court of Justice ('ECJ') decided on two cases (C-398/16 and C-399/16), which are relevant for purposes of the 'per-element-approach' concerning the Dutch corporate income tax ('CIT') fiscal unity regime. To mitigate the (n

Het oordeel over de toepasselijkheid en reikwijdte van het bewijsrecht in ontbindingszaken is het belangrijkste aspect in deze uitspraak. Het oordeel van de Hoge Raad in de Decor-beschikking zal na de Mediant-beschikking voor sommigen een verrassing zijn.

On 8 May 2018, the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (CBb) ruled on appeal on the proportionality of the amount of a fine imposed by the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM).

On 9 May 2018, the District Court of Amsterdam declined to accept jurisdiction over Athenian Brewery (AB), a Greek subsidiary of Heineken, in a civil case brought by competitor Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB).

On 16 May 2018, the General Court partially annulled the European Commission's rejection of Lufthansa's request to waive pricing commitments it had given when it acquired Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) in 2005.

On 31 May 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that Ernst & Young (EY) did not illegally implement the acquisition of KPMG Denmark (KPMG DK) before obtaining antitrust clearance.

Volgens de regering leidt de huidige vormgeving van de transitievergoeding er in de eerste plaats toe dat veelal werknemers met een arbeidsovereenkomst voor bepaalde tijd geen transitievergoeding ontvangen.

Voor het arbeidsrecht zijn het tegenwoordig spannende tijden. De arbeidsmarkt is sterk in ontwikkeling als gevolg van fenomenen zoals flexibilisering en digitalisering.

​Opvolgend werkgeverschap komt op verschillende plekken in de wet voor. Sommige van deze bepalingen zijn op 1 juli 2015 met de Wet werk en zekerheid (Wwz) in het BW terechtgekomen, maar kregen zogeheten 'onmiddellijke werking'.

On 12 April 2018, the District Court of Rotterdam quashed four fines imposed by the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) on cold storage operators and their respective directors for violating the cartel prohibition.

On 29 March 2018, the District Court of Amsterdam ruled on requests for pre-procedural hearings in relation to the alleged infringements in the two separate cases of Trucks and CRT.

On 24 April 2018, the European Commission announced that it had imposed a fine of EUR 124.5 million on Altice for acquiring control of PT Portugal before clearance by the Commission ('gun-jumping').

On 10 April 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that Germany did not breach EU law by extraditing an Italian citizen to the United States for a competition law infringement.

In his letter (the “Letter”) of 20 April 2018 the Dutch Under-Minister of Finance has answered questions raised by a member of the Second Chamber of Parliament regarding the Dutch corporate income tax (“CIT”) fiscal unity regime.