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04/11/24

Marchés publics : ce qui va changer pour vos paiements le 1/01/2025 !

A la suite de l’arrêt de la CJUE du 20 octobre 2022, une réglementation nationale en marchés publics qui prévoit un double délai de paiement de 30 jou…

04/11/24

Are You, and Your Supply Chain, Ready for the Deforestation Regulation?

Cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, wood, rubber? Do you sell any of these commodities? Do you sell any products derived, containing or using any …

30/10/24

Moore Law viert 10de verjaardag met strategische overnames en verdrievoudiging in omvang

Moore Law viert haar 10de verjaardag met een belangrijke mijlpaal: de overname van twee toonaangevende advocatenkantoren in West-Vlaanderen en Limburg…

29/10/24

Changement important concernant l’assujettissement à la loi anti-blanchiment des avocats qui exercent des mand…

Le Bâtonnier de l’Ordre néerlandais du Barreau de Bruxelles a récemment interrogé la CTIF sur l’éventuel assujettissement d’un avocat qui agit, pour u…

24/10/24

How can you legally protect your website from being read and copied by AI companies?

Recently, Getty Images filed a lawsuit against Stability AI, accusing it of using copyrighted images to train its AI models without Getty’s consent.

23/10/24

Emigration d’une société belge : dividende imposable pour les actionnaires ?

L’émigration d’une société belge donne-t-elle lieu à un dividende imposable pour ses actionnaires ? Une récente déclaration du ministre des Finances l…

23/10/24

Arrêt de la Cour de cassation | Unification jurisprudentielle de la «perte de chance»

Au terme de son arrêt du 29 mars 2024 (C.23.0253.F-0262.F), la Cour de cassation a eu l’occasion d’unifier sa jurisprudence concernant la perte d’une …

23/10/24

AI Act | Pioneering AI Regulation in Europe

On 12 July 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the “AI Act”) was published in the EU Official Jou…

22/10/24

EU’s NIS 2 enters into force: compliance is now mandatory

On 18 October 2024, NIS 2 officially came into force across all EU member states. While many member states missed the deadline to create national cybe…

21/10/24

Comprendre les marques collectives

21/10/24

CJEU clarifies “First” Marketing Authorization in SPC Applications

A Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) is an intellectual property right that serves as an extension to a patent right.

18/10/24

The AI Act and IP rights: key obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models

The European Union’s Regulation 2024/1689, also known as the AI Act, is one of the first laws governing the deployment of artificial intelligence tool…

18/10/24

Private Equity Side Letters – Harmless Paper or Silent Power?

18/10/24

Touristic Accommodations in Belgium | What Professional should know

Navigating Belgium’s short-term rental landscape can be tricky. As regulations tighten, understanding your responsibilities as a host – whether profes…

18/10/24

Price Reduction Announcements: A Strategy to Circumvent the Obligation to Indicate the Lowest Price Applied Du…

There has long existed an EU Directive 98/6/EC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers. Article 6a of …

17/10/24

The European Commission’s Draft Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuses: Towards Stricter Enforcement?

17/10/24

AI and copyright: exploring exceptions for text and data mining

The rapid advancement of generative AI raises significant copyright concerns, particularly around the use of copyright protected content for training …

16/10/24

Le Data Governance Act bientôt implémenté en Belgique !

Le projet de loi belge mettant en œuvre le règlement (UE) 2022/868, connu sous le nom de Data Governance Act (DGA), vise à renforcer la gouvernance de…

15/10/24

Didier De Vliegher joins Jones Day’s Real Estate Practice in the Brussels office

The global law firm Jones Day announced today that Didier De Vliegher has joined the Firm as of counsel in its Real Estate Practice, based in Jones Da…

15/10/24

Des avocats indépendants, des démocraties plus fortes. L'auto-réglementation, pour quoi faire ?

Depuis 2014, le CCBE a lancé l'idée de coordonner un événement européen annuel qui encourage les barreaux membres à se mobiliser autour d'un thème ess…