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België and VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 hebben wij samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland & Wales, Schotlan…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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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Belgian Competition Authority Issues Notice about Informal Opinions on Anticompetitive Practices

On 27 January 2015, the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit / Autorité belge de la Concurrence) ("BCA") published a noti…

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A new European Directive aims at facilitating damages claims for infringements of competition law

The Directive of the European Parliament and Council of 26 November 2014, published on 5 December 2014 aims at ensuring an effective enforcement of co…

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Pleegt een schilder auteursrecht-inbreuk door zijn schilderij te baseren op een bestaande foto?

Het vonnis van 15 januari 2015 waarbij kunstenaar Luc Tuymans veroordeeld werd voor het "reproduceren" van een foto van fotografe Katrijn Van Giel dee…

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Belgian competition and on-site inspections

With its judgment of 10 December 2014, the Constitutional Court upholds the legality of Article 79 of Book IV of the Code of Economic Law.

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Belgian Competition Authority Finds No Anticompetitive Agreement between Electricity Suppliers on Cost of Gree…

On 12 December 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit / Autorité belge de la Concurrence) ("BCA") found that electr…

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Decreet complexe projecten

Op 12 december 2014 heeft de Vlaamse Regering het uitvoeringsbesluit inzake het Decreet van 25 april 2014 betreffende complexe projecten (‘Decreet') a…

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EU in depth-investigation on alleged steel abrasives cartel

On 4 December 2014, the European Commission sent a statement of objections to Pometon for alleged participation in a steel abrasives cartel.   &n…

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Formaliteiten bij overname van een handelszaak

Overname van een handelsfonds: you get what you pay for? Niet noodzakelijk! Voorkom dat u als overnemer moet opdraaien voor de (para)fiscale schulden…

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Multiple land utilisation after the revision of the Building Right Act

Before elaborating on the building right, we should first briefly discuss the principle of accession ("natrekking"/ "droit d'accession"). On the basis…

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Belgian Competition Authority Advises Antwerp Court of Appeal as Amicus Curiae in “Verticals” Case

On 17 November 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") filed a brief as amicus curiae before the Court of Appeal of Antwerp in a case concerni…

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Compulsory insurance for building contractors?

A bill was filed to compel construction works contractors to take out professional liability insurance similar to insurance applicable to architects. …

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Facilitation for Belgium-Luxembourg cross-border workers

The Belgian and Luxembourg governments had a joint meeting on 5 February in Brussels and came to an agreement with respect to cross-border employment …

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Constitutional Court annuls the tax on conversion of bearer securities

On 5 February 2015, the Belgian Constitutional Court rendered a judgement that annuls tax on the conversion of bearer securities, due to its inco…

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Recent case-law on dismissal for serious cause by a person not entitled to do so

In three judgments issued in 2013, three Courts of Labour seem to have adopted a common position on the question of knowing when a dismissal for serio…

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Onderworpenheid van intercommunales, intergemeentelijk samenwerkingsverbanden en projectverenigingen aan de ve…

In de op 19 december 2014 goedgekeurde Programmawet (Belgisch Staatsblad van 29 december 2014), wordt voorzien in de principiële onderworpenheid van i…

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Ziekte en gewaarborgd loon?

Uw bediende Jos wordt volgende maandag ziek op het werk en vertrekt naar huis om 14 uur. Hij is één van de vele slachtoffers van de huidige griepepide…

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Belgian Competition Authority Dismisses Complaint against Major American Film Studios on Virtual Print Fee

On 2 December 2014, the College of Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit / Autor…

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Websites Can Contractually Restrict Third Party Scraping of Their Data

E-commerce service providers can contractually prevent other websites from copying factual information from their website for commercial use, such as …

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French law - Entry into force of Pinel Act – Impact on retail leases agreements

The Pinel Act dated 18 June 2014 and entered into force on 5 November 2014 has significantly modified the matter of retail lease agreements by offerin…

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Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - a new regulation appl…

On 12 December 2012 , Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement o…

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