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Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

Nous sommes ravis de constater votre enthousiasme pour la 8ème édition des Universités d’été qui aura lieu les 20 et 21 août 2024 au magnifique Château-ferme de Courrière. Avec déj…

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L’avenir numérique s’éclaire

Le 12 juin 2024, les 11.000 avocats flamands, et les 8.300 avocats francophones et germanophones ont uni leur destin numérique dans la société DPA (Digital Platform for Attorneys),…

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New Partner at Deloitte Legal

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of DeloitteLegal’s newest partner in Belgium: Matthias Vierstraete.

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The implementation of the NIS2 Directive in Belgium: enhanci…

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Cybersécurité : La Loi NIS 2 entre en vigueur le 18 octobre …

Le 18 octobre 2024 marque un tournant crucial pour la cybersécurité en Belg…

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Social distancing trademarks: an inventive or risky response to COVID-19?

Whereas people are primarily responding to the global spread of COVID-19 by complying with strict social distancing rules, companies are doing the sam…

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Trademarks, public policy and principles of morality in the time of corona

During this uncertain corona period, it was inevitable that someone would have the idea of registering “COVID-19”, “CORONAVIRUS” or variants as a trad…

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Autonomous Vehicles in Belgium. Is our legal system ready?

We have been hearing about autonomous vehicles (“AVs”) for quite a while. However, as time goes by, the use of AVs is getting closer to becoming a rea…

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Eerste GDPR boete voor Belgisch bedrijf in beroep vernietigd

De Belgische Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit legde de voorbije twee jaar erg weinig boetes op in vergelijking met haar collega’s in de buurlanden. …

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Net neutrality: are ‘zero-rated’ bundles prohibited traffic management measures under regulation 2015/2120?

Regulation 2015/2120 laying down measures concerning open internet access (the Regulation), that entered into force in April 2016, states that provide…

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COVID-19 – IP Offices take measures to face the pandemic – Update 21 April

Update 21 April 2020  |  The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing worldwide. In an effort to control its expansion, public authorities have…

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Belgian Data Protection Authority releases recipe for compliant cookies

During these corona times, we have noticed a trend whereby many of us have started baking (cookies, cakes, and other delicious treats). It now appears…

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Always look on the bright side of life”: Which remuneration is due to the artists when playing such song in a …

In these difficult times, where live music performance and events are postponed or cancelled, the economic situation of artists is quite difficult.&nb…

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COVID-19 – IP Offices take measures to face the pandemic – Update 14 April

Update 14 April 2020  |  The COVID-19 pandemic is progressing worldwide. In an effort to control its expansion, public authorities have…

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When the Belgian DPA comes knocking, who knows what it might find (or fine)

The Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) has published a decision of 15 April 2020 in relation to a municipality that re…

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Traitement de données à caractère personnel sur le lieu de travail en période de Coronavirus : quels sont…

L’employeur est tenu en vertu de la loi du 3 juillet 1978 de veiller à ce que le travail s’accomplisse dans des conditions convenables du point de vue…

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Coronavirus: hoe arbeidsovereenkomsten op afstand ondertekenen?

Telewerk is de norm geworden. Dit bemoeilijkt de ondertekening van arbeidsovereenkomsten, bijlagen bij overeenkomsten, … Wist u dat er elektronische a…

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Freshly baked cookie guidance from Belgian Data Protection Authority

It was announced already in January, but it's finally come out of the oven: new consolidated guidance by the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) …

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GDPR and employer management of employees (potentially) infected by Covid-19

In these exceptional times, many companies are being forced to close or operate on an almost exclusively teleworking basis. However, in some cases, pa…

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What could stop the on-line sales of illegal goods in times of COVID-19? Certainly not the ECJ decision in Ama…

In its decision of 2 April 2020 in the case C-567/18, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that Amazon is not legally liable in case of stora…

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CJEU renders important decision on the liability of online platforms in trade mark infringement cases

On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered a judgment (C-567/18) clarifying the potential liability of Amazon and o…

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Employeurs : comment gérer les soupçons/cas avérés de contamination ?

La pandémie actuelle donne lieu à de nombreuses questions pour les employeurs, comme nous l’avons vu dans une news précédente.

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EU Copyright: lending out vehicles with radio receivers is not a “communication to the public”

On 2 April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) rendered a judgment (C-753/18) in which the much-discussed concept of “…

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COVID-19 – IP Offices take measures to face the pandemic – Update 1 April

In an effort to control its expansion, public authorities have taken restrictive measures that impact both people and companies on their territory. In…

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Ex-employers sharing dirt on an employee: no find under data protection law if done orally?

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) has published a decision of 21 February 2020 of the BDPA's litigation chamber showing the way in which da…

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