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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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De taxshift: sociale en fiscale gevolgen voor de werkgever

De regering heeft een akkoord bereikt over de begroting en de taxshift. Wat houdt dat in ?

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Oracle or Fata Morgana: can a licence lead to transfer of property in Belgium?

The Brussels Court of Appeal recently confirmed the landmark decision UsedSoft v. Oracle of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

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Court of Justice confirmed strict approach to rebate schemes in Post Danmark II

On 6 October 2015, the Court of Justice ruled under which circumstances Post Danmark's rebate scheme for bulk advertising qualified as an abuse of a d…

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Getuigenverklaringen en e-mails zijn geoorloofd om de ontslagredenen te bewijzen

Een secretaresse wordt ontslagen tijdens een vermindering van haar arbeidsprestaties met 1/5 in het kader van tijdskrediet. Op het C4-formulier wordt …

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Het arrest Teekanne: een zure appel voor de voedingsindustrie?

De voorbije jaren zijn er steeds meer voedingsmiddelen op de markt gekomen die gericht zijn op de gezondheidsbewuste consument. Smoothies op basis van…

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All agents are equal, but bank and insurance agents are less equal than others

The Belgian law on pre-contractual information does not grant bank and insurance agents a right to pre-contractual information. The Belgian Constituti…

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Potpourri I in een notendop

In maart 2015 stelde Minister van Justitie Koen Geens zijn Justitieplan voor: een plan met de ambitieuze doelstelling “het efficiënter en daardoor rec…

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A ‘happy hour’ for Belgian retailers: Legislature abandons strict rules on how to announce price reductions

On 16 October 2015, the Belgian Parliament voted a law modifying the Belgian Code of Economic Law. The modifications should enter into force on 1 Nove…

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EU Court partially annuls classification of coal tar pitch

On 7 October 2015 the EU General Court delivered a judgment in Case T-689/13 Bilbaina de Alquitranes and Others v Commission. The case is an appl…

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Pot Pourri I - ce qui change concrètement pour les avocats

ERRATUM – la version précédente de cet article contenait une petite erreur  en ce qui concerne le défaut. Nous en avons profité pour apporte…

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Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) o…

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Betaald educatief verlof en terugbetaling aan de werkgever: Vlaanderen kondigt wijzigingen aan

Het Vlaams Gewest deelt op zijn website de wijzigingen mee die in het kader van betaald educatief verlof van toepassing zullen zijn vanaf het schoolja…

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Are Uber Drivers Self-Employed Contractors or Employees?

The vexed question whether or not Uber drivers are self-employed contractors draws scrutiny around the world.

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Is Your App a Greedy One?

The 2014 and 2015 sweeps performed by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network ("GPEN"), an informal network of 57 privacy enforcement authorities in 43…

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Non-competition clauses: should using sledgehammers to crack nuts be allowed?

The Belgian High Court seems to be allowing for the severability of non-competition clauses. Instead of completely setting aside an invalid non-compet…

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Het "recht op arbeid" van werkwilligen

De titel van deze bijdrage wekt ongetwijfeld de verwachting dat het besproken cassatiearrest handelt over het recht van werknemers die niet deeln…

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Fiscale regularisatie anno 2016: de krachtlijnen van de nieuwe regeling

Enige tijd geleden werd aangekondigd dat de regering Michel I een nieuwe permanente regularisatie wenste in te voeren. Aanvankelijk was deze nieuwe fi…

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Practice note on exemption method for foreign employment income incompatible with EU Law - update

Last year, the Belgian tax authorities published a practice note after Belgium was sentenced by the European Court of Justice for breaching EU law wit…

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Belgian Competition Authority Fines Belgian National Lottery for Abuse of its Dominant Position

On 23 September 2015, the College of Competition Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsauto…

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Be careful when it comes to your Belgian distributor

Imagine that an internal study has demonstrated that your current distribution set-up in Europe is seriously out of date. High-end products have …

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