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Strelia welcomes a new partner to lead its IP and Technology practice

Strelia is proud to welcome Tom De Coster as Partner to lead its IP and Technology practice.

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AI in the Legal Landscape

What does the general public expect from online legal information sources? To what extent do they trust tools such as Google or ChatGPT for legal advice? And do they find it accept…

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Opleidingen 25 en 27/08 - Confocus

Op de valreep voor de deadline van 1 september voor de permanente vorming van advocaten voor het gerechtelijk jaar 2024-2025 biedt Confocus nog 2 opleidingen, die plaatsvinden op 2…

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04/09/25
ISO/IEC 42005:2025 – A New Blueprint for Legal and Commercia…

There is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming…

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25/08/25
Trackingpixels en privacy: Frankrijk maakt werk van échte pr…

Wie onze boeken of blogs over cookies en online tracking gelezen heeft, wee…

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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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Lekken van medische gegevens

Medische gegevens van maar liefst 150.000 onderzoeken binnen de Emmaüs-groep zouden zijn uitgelekt. Het Nederlandse consumentenprogramma “Meldpunt” kw…

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Court of Cassation definitively confirms Yahoo!’s obligation to cooperate with law enforcement agencies

On 1 December 2015, the Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal lodged by Yahoo! against the ruling of the Court of Appeal of Antwerpen of 20 November …

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Mag een werkgever e-mails van een werknemer lezen?

In de recente pers zijn berichten verschenen over de vraag of werkgevers de e-mails van hun werknemers mogen lezen. De directe aanleiding voor deze be…

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Data transfers to the US: the European Court of Justice declares that the EU Commission’s Safe Harbour Decisio…

The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) provides that European companies may transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area i…

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La fiscalité des droits intellectuels au Luxembourg: évolutions récentes et perspectives d’avenir

Les sociétés luxembourgeoises sont en principe soumises à l’impôt sur le revenu des collectivités (ci-après « IRC ») de 21 % majoré par une contributi…

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ECJ on territorial application of domestic data protection law: a single representative can fulfill “stable es…

On 1 October 2015 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a judgment in response to the questions raised by the Kúria (Hungarian Supreme Court)…

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Privé-e-mails van een werknemer voorleggen, is de werkgever niet per definitie verboden

We bespreken hier kort het arrest van het EHRM van 12 januari 2016 waarin beslist werd over de rechtmatigheid van het monitoren van de communicatie va…

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European Court of Justice considers the exchange of traditional currencies for bitcoins exempt from VAT

On 22 October 2015, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued a judgment in response to a request from the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court (Hö…

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Failure to submit a notification as an electronic communication service provider does not constitute a violati…

Pursuant to article 9 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications (the “Act”), an electronic communication service provider (the “service …

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2016, l'année d'équilibre pour les données personnelles ?

En matière de données personnelles, l'année 2016 sera l'année de la recherche de nouveaux équilibres. Depuis juin 2013, date des premières révélations…

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European General Data Protection Regulation: 10 things You should know before the Christmas break

While some people never stopped believing that the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") would one day become a reality, others had started to d…

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Regeringsontwerp plant “rijbewijs” voor digitale bewaring van documenten

Vrijdag 11 december ll. keurde de federale ministerraad, op voorstel van minister van Digitale Agenda en Telecommunicatie, Alexander De Croo, een voor…

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EU Happy Holliday Seasons Present: the GDPR

This December 15, the EU Commission, Parliament and the Council reached an agreement, via the so called "trilogue" meetings on EU data protection refo…

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Adoption of the trademark reform package by the European Parliament

On 15th December 2015, the European Parliament has approved the trademark reform package. The purpose of this package, consisting in one directive (t…

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Doing business in Europe? Mandatory data protection compliance in every single country

A lot has been written about two recent court cases related to Facebook. The first one is the decision of 6 October in the case of the Austrian studen…

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De grote finale: Belgische justitie kan rechtstreeks informatie opvragen van Amerikaanse techreuzen

In een acht jaar aanslepend dispuut tussen de Belgische justitie en het Amerikaans internetbedrijf Yahoo! heeft het Hof van Cassatie definitief geoord…

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Another patch without a possible cure: Belgian IP law scrutinized by the Court of Justice for not providing a …

On 12 November 2015, the Court of Justice in the Hewlett-Packard Belgium v. Reprobel case (C-572/13) eviscerated the system of fair compensation provi…

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The Court of Justice potentially overturns the existing business model with respect to the broadcasting of cop…

In the SBS Belgium NV (SBS) v. Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers (SABAM) case (C 325/14), the Court of Justice, following a r…

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C-215/14, Nestlé/Cadbury: het HJEU verduidelijkt de vereisten waaraan de KITKAT chocoladewafel moet voldoen om…

Vorige maand heeft het Hof van Justitie van de EU (HJEU) een interessante uitspraak gedaan over vormmerken, nadat de Engelse High Court of Justice pre…

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The Art. 29 working party issues a statement on the ECJ Safe Harbour decision. What's next now?

Following the landmark ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ”) on 6 October 2015 in the Maximilian Schrems v Data Protection …

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