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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 saisie-description en matière informatique : appel à une plus grande pondération et à la juste mesure des m…

L'arsenal législatif belge comporte un instrument procédural redoutablement efficace dans la protection des droits intellectuels : la saisie-desc…

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Unfair Commercial Practices: European Court gives its first ruling - Green light for “Combined Offers” in Belg…

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has recently issued the first ruling on the 2005 Unfair Commercial Practices (UCP) Directive. The UCP Directive …

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New regulation for D&O insurance: 10pc deductible to be personally borne by the directors

Directors' and officers' liability insurance is not compulsory under German law,  but obviously as well the directors as their companies enter in…

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Ferrero Faces Price-Fixing Inquest

The report is the result of an investigation that began two years ago in Germany, where the competition authorities investigated the commercial behavi…

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Crisis premium: who pays?

If an employer wishes to dismiss a blue-collar worker during the period 1 January 2010 - 1 July 2010, the employee is entitled, along with the ordinar…

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Bientôt des sanctions pour les pouvoirs publics mauvais payeurs

C'est connu les pouvoirs publics en Europe paient presque systématiquement leurs factures avec retard. En 2010, le législateur européen pourrait cepen…

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Plant variety rights in the distribution chain

Under the system of plant breeders rights, also known as plant variety rights, the breeder of a new variety can obtain an exclusive right to perform c…

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Implementation of the Payment Services Directive in Belgium

On 15 January 2010, the first of three acts transposing into Belgian law the Payment Services Directive or “PSD” (Directive 2007/64 of the European Pa…

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Generic entry: a challenge to traditional EC competition law

Traditionally, innovative pharmaceutical companies lose up to 70% of their market share in the first year after a generic pharmaceutical has entered t…

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Belgian employers now bear the burden of proof of lump sum cost allowances

The programme law of 23 December 2009 looks to turn around the burden of proof procedure – as far as social security is concerned – of lump sum cost a…

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Un manquement continu ou répété peut constituer une faute grave

Il peut arriver qu'un travailleur se rende coupable d'une faute qui ne constitue pas nécessairement un motif grave en tant que tel mais qui peut acqué…

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Des turbulences du Secret bancaire...

A cette époque de l’année, beaucoup de Belges vont traditionnellement remplir leur portefeuille au-delà des sapins, voire des montagnes. Mais le jeu e…

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Programme Law - December 2009

The main social law measures provided by the draft Programme Law introduced to the Chamber of Representatives on 25 November 2009 can be summarised as…

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Tips and tricks on management employees and working time

Management employees at numerous firms work significantly more time than the weekly working time set down in the company regulations would allow.

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Negative indexation at the beginning of 2010

The probability that nearly half a million employees of the Belgian private sector will see their wages decrease from the beginning of next year is ve…

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Public procurement law amended

The Belgian public procurement regulation is governed by the Public Procurement Act of 1993 [1] (hereinafter “the Act”) and its implementing Decrees […

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"Forfaitary" valuation of mobile phone benefits foreseen

The Council of Ministers recently approved a draft Royal Decree which defines the way in which the benefits of private mobile phone use (cell phone, B…

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Social security agreement between India and Belgium

On 1 September 2009, the long-anticipated Social Security Agreement between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of India (the “SSA”) entered into …

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Update on the EU Blue Card

Further to the determination of the European Union to attract highly qualified workers from third countries, the Council recently adopted the “Blue Ca…

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An update on the disclosure of shareholdings in joint stock companies

On 16 July 2009 [1], the Belgian Chamber of Representatives adopted a draft law aimed at preventing the use of the financial system for the purpose …

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