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Manifestation nationale du monde judiciaire

Le 20 mars 2025, au 10ème anniversaire de la 'Journée de l’état de droit', magistrats et avocats avaient remis ensemble à Madame la ministre de la justice Verlinden la lettre de re…

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Lawyer Leader Manager - Programme de formation en gestion et leadership

Les avocats sont déjà experts en droit et en procédure, mais la gestion d'un cabinet nécessite des compétences spécifiques auxquelles ils doivent également se former. Conscient d…

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Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Energy & Infrastructure team in Brussels, effective 1 November. The team includes David Haver…

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Deactivation of mailbox and phone number after termination o…

In a decision of 7 October 2025, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data…

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Cyber-fraud and banking vigilance: French case law and lesso…

Recent French judgments from the Nantes Judicial Court have drawn a clear l…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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La Cour constitutionnelle annule partiellement la législation relative à l’action en réparation collective

Par son arrêt du 17 mars 2016, la Cour constitutionnelle a partiellement annulé la loi belge relative à l’action en réparation collective1 (titre 2 du…

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Further developments to come in the rules on alternative investment funds?

We’re likely to see three major advances in the rules on Belgian-law alternative investment funds. First, the Act of 19 April 2014 on alternative inv…

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De Vlaamse Belastingdienst en de schenking van het familiebedrijf over de grens

Stel u bent ondernemer. Ergens in de vorige eeuw vestigde u zich in België, maar uw kinderen en kleinkinderen wonen in Nederland. Hoe kan u het best (…

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Gesleutel aan de wetgeving in het kader van economische werkloosheid

Op 28 april 2016 werd in de Kamer de tekst aangenomen van het Wetsontwerp houdende diverse bepalingen inzake sociale zaken. Zoals de titel van het we…

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Commission reduced EURIBOR cartel fine imposed on Société Générale by EUR 218 million

On 6 April 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reduced the fine imposed on Société Générale for its participation in the Euro interest…

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Ryanair challenges Commission Decision on Nîmes Airport before EU General Court

Ryanair and its marketing subsidiary, Airport Marketing Services ("AMS"), lodged an annulment request before the EU General Court on 5 February 2016 a…

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Sociale verkiezingen nr. 14: Handtekening op stembiljet

Diane heeft haar handtekening gezet op het stembiljet. Wat nu?

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KMO-financiering: uitbreiding KMO criteria

Artikel 2 van de wet van 21 december 2013 betreffende diverse bepalingen inzake de financiering voor kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen (“wet KMO-fin…

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Embedding privacy is not an empty word

One of the obligations imposed on personal data processing entities by the general data protection regulation (“GDPR”) is to implement appropriate tec…

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Annonces de réduction de prix : le Conseil de la Consommation propose des guidelines

En 2015, la réglementation belge relative aux annonces de réduction de prix a été abrogée1. De ce fait, seules les règles générales en matière de prat…

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Geen merkinbreuk door voormalig erkende garagehouder bij internetadvertenties waarin garage nog steeds samen m…

Vorige maand heeft het Hof van Justitie van de EU (HJEU) een interessante praktische prejudiciële vraag beantwoord over de aansprakelijkheid van voorm…

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Online Platforms may face new EU legislation as from next year

A draft communication by the European Commission on Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market has suggested that new legislation may be needed to…

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Sociale verkiezingen nr. 13: Kleur van de stem

Bij de stemming per brief hebben 10 werknemers een blauwe balpen gebruikt, terwijl de andere 190 een rood potlood hebben gebruikt. Zijn deze stembilje…

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According to Advocate General, obligation to draw up invoices exclusively in Dutch infringes EU law

In last week's Opinion, the Advocate General concluded that the obligation to draw up cross-border invoices exclusively in Dutch, failing which they a…

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Speculatietaks. Een gewaarschuwd belegger is er twee waard

Sinds 1 januari 2016 dienen particuliere beleggers rekening te houden met de zogenaamde speculatietaks. De speculatietaks is een heffing van 33% op de…

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Belgium implements Solvency II but fails to remove unlawful eligible assets restrictions

Upon implementing Solvency II into local legislation, Belgian lawmakers recast the existing insurers supervisory law dated 1975 and adopted a new, coo…

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Watch out for your drone: new Belgian Royal Decree is out!

The Royal Decree on the use of drones in the Belgian airspace has come into force on 25 April 2016. The Royal Decree authorizes the use of drones both…

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Important changes in the Social Penal Code on well being at work

The Social Penal Code is modified by the law of 29th February 2016 supplementing and modifying the Social Penal Code and different provisions of socia…

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"Middeleeuwse praktijken"

De gruwel van het middeleeuwse rechtsbestel hebben we gelukkig overwonnen. De rechten en waarden die moeten beletten dat dit zou kunnen terugkomen, zi…

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Panama Papers: les détenteurs de sociétés offshore seront-ils pris la main dans le sac à partir de 2017?

Depuis 2013, les particuliers belges sont tenus de déclarer la détention de « constructions juridiques », telles que des sociétés établies dans des pa…

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