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Liselot Claeys joins law firm Liedekerke as Counsel

Leading independent law firm Liedekerke is pleased to announce the addition of Liselot Claeys as Counsel to its Corporate & Finance practice.

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Monard strengthens its Insolvency and Restructuring team

Monard law welcomes a new member to its Insolvency and Restructuring team. Jente Dengler has joined the firm as of October 1, 2024.

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Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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The Cyber Resilience Act - A new step forward for the cybers…

The Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 of the European Parlia…

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Legal Operations: Entity Management as a Foundation for Succ…

More and more heads of legal departments are aware that maintaining the sta…

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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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Coronavirus: maatregelen die vanaf 1 september van toepassing zijn

De regering trof nieuwe gezondheidsmaatregelen. We geven u hierna een overzicht van de maatregelen die momenteel van kracht zijn.

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Also floating down the Cayman tax river: Funds

One might think adopting the cayman’s features improves the chances of a safe coexistence. However, funds caught in the cross-currents of the Cayman t…

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Thomas Cook-Brussels Airlines case: Belgian Competition Authority confirms restrictive practice but does not i…

In August 2017, the Belgian Competition Authority (BMA) opened an investigation into potential anticompetitive practices resulting from the conclusion…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Transparency & Privacy Policy - common mistakes

When drafting a privacy policy or privacy statement, there is one golden rule: describe what you actually do. Transparency is key!

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Alarm in Privacyland : The EU-US Privacy Shield declared unlawful

The Court of Justice declared the EU-US Privacy Shield unlawful in its judgement of 16 July 2020. According to the Court, the Privacy Shield does not …

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Thuiswerkvergoeding: Vereenvoudigd standpunt van de Fiscus

Van zodra een werknemer minstens 5 werkdagen per maand thuis werkt, mag een werkgever volgens de fiscus een bureauvergoeding van 129,48 EUR toekennen.…

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Flemish Region: extension of the scope of the commercial lease loan to businesses of the events sector as per …

The Flemish government already announced on 29 May 2020 that they would provide a commercial lease loan (‘handelshuurlening’ / ‘prêt de bail commercia…

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Hof van Cassatie werpt licht op buitengerechtelijke vervanging van de aannemer: urgentie blijkt niet vereist

In een recent arrest van 18 juni 2020 bevestigt het Hof van Cassatie de mogelijkheid om een wanpresterende contractpartij buitengerechtelijk te vervan…

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Covid-19 and measures to protect the accrual of statutory and supplementary pensions

Over the past few months, new legislation has focused entirely on the coronavirus, both to remedy the current situation and to counter the consequence…

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Zal België de digitale reuzen durven belasten?

Er gaan veel stemmen op in het openbaar debat om de relance-maatregelen voor de economie te gaan financieren door een post-coronacrisis fiscaliteit. E…

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Coronavirus: Tijdelijke werkloosheid vanaf 1 september 2020 : Wanneer nog overmacht ingevolge coronapandemie ?…

Vanaf 1 september kunnen enkel nog de ondernemingen die hard getroffen zijn door de coronacrisis tijdelijke werkloosheid wegens overmacht omwille van …

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BREXIT: A1's with UK - status update

With everything COVID-19 related going on it has been easy to take the eye off the ball on Brexit. The end of the transition period is fast approachin…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Data Subject Rights

This week’s topic: Data Subject Rights In several recent decisions, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) prov…

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Artificial Intelligence and product liability – on a path to a new regulation?

AI brings a myriad of opportunities to solve complex problems and improve productivity across all sectors of the economy. However, the successful impl…

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The new prohibition on abuses of economic dependence enters into force in Belgium

The Belgian Parliament introduced the prohibition on abuse of economic dependence in an Act of March 2019 to protect undertakings that are economicall…

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Election sociales 2020 : la procédure reprend en septembre !

La suspension des élections sociales 2020 avait été décidée en urgence, le 4 mai 2020, en raison des mesures de confinement.La suspension des élection…

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Requests COVID-19: homeworking expense allowance

Following the recently published Circular Letter concerning homeworking expense allowance, the Belgian Ruling Office has published a statement on the …

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La crise du COVID et le renflouement d’entreprises en difficulté : quel impact fiscal ?

La crise actuelle justifie de faire le point sur les incidences fiscales de deux modes de renflouement de sociétés en difficultés : l’abandon de …

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Gesplitste aankoop in Vlaanderen: moet de voorafgaande schenking geregistreerd worden?

Op 12 juni 2018 vernietigde de Raad van State het standpunt van de Vlaamse Belastingdienst inzake schenkingen met gesplitste inschrijving tot gevolg (…

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Een werknemer op zijn verzoek ontslaan? Nee!

Uw werknemer laat u weten dat hij zijn samenwerking met u niet wenst voort te zetten. Hij wil zijn ontslag niet geven maar vraagt u hem te ontslaan …

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