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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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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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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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New Belgian DPA decision: broader "controller" concept & extensive access rights?

In a decision of 29 July that it published today, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) examined the issue of who is …

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Fines imposed on digital services providers

Each week in July and August, our focus will be on a different topic that has been scrutinized by the Belgian Data Protection Authority. With a f…

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The creation of local hospital networks subject to merger control

The Belgian Competition Authority published on 22 July 2020 its position on the application of merger control to local hospital networks.

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Vlaamse fiscale regularisatie gaat zijn laatste maanden in!

In Vlaanderen is vandaag een wetgevend kader voorzien voor het regulariseren van erfbelasting en/of registratiebelasting die in het verleden ten onrec…

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Brexit update: BE VAT registration with the appointment of a fiscal representative for UK companies

Considering the UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020 and the ‘stand-still‘ transition period will come to an end on 31 December 2020, ne…

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Persoonsgegevens doorgeven naar de VS na het Schrems-II arrest?

Het is de Oostenrijker Max Schrems alweer gelukt om zijn slag thuis te halen in één van de vele privacyrechtzaken die hij al jaren met regelmaat voert…

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Les assurances : piqûre de rappel

Depuis le 1er novembre 2014, la loi du 4 avril 2014 relative aux assurances est entrée en vigueur. Quoiqu’elle n’ait fait, en grande partie,…

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The economic substance exemption: escaping the claws of the Cayman tax

This week, we analyse the anatomy of foreign entities with economic substance!

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Mogelijkheid tot cassatieberoep moet steeds worden vermeld

In een belangwekkend arrest van 16 juli 2020 heeft het Grondwettelijk Hof een opvallende prejudiciële vraag van de Raad van State bevestigen…

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Data Protection Summer Dive - Processing of photographs and (surveillance) video’s

Each week in July and August, our focus will be on a different topic that has been scrutinized by the Belgian Data Protection Authority. With a f…

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(Shop Based) Commercial Agent Protected even in the Absence of the Power to Negotiate the Price

In Trendsetteuse (C-828/18), the Court of Justice of the EU held that in order to be protected under the Commercial Agency Directive, it is …

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Posting of workers

As from 30 July 2020, the foreign employer must – after the initial posting period of 12 months – comply with a more extensive package of Belgian sala…

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Terugkeer van een werknemer uit een buitenlandse vakantie in een corona risicogebied : wat te doen als werkgev…

De corona maatregelen verbieden niet-essentiële verplaatsingen naar sommige landen en regio’s in het buitenland. Bij terugkeer uit deze gebieden is ee…

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Youtube pas responsable ?

Selon l’avocat général, les exploitants de plateformes en ligne, telles que YouTube et Uploaded, ne sont pas directement responsables de la mise en li…

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Belgian Supreme Court Rules: Creative Use of the Law is Insufficient Ground for Lawyers to Claim Copyright Pro…

In a recently released ruling (of June 25th), the Belgian Supreme Court confirmed a decision of the Court of Appeal of Ghent relating to the possibili…

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The Belgian Competition Authority confirms that Belgian merger control rules apply to the creation of loco-reg…

Following the recent legislative amendment obliging hospitals to establish and be part of a loco-regional hospital network,[1] the Belgian Compet…

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Adoption d’une série de mesures de soutien des employeurs et des travailleurs

Malgré la reprise de la vie économique dans la majorité des secteurs, certaines entreprises rencontrent encore d’importantes difficultés financières. …

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New Circular letter – Home working expense allowance

As working from home will be the new normal for many companies, the Belgian tax authorities released a circular letter including guidelines for the ap…

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Will the real employer please stand up? - ECJ judgment in the AFMB-case

Last week, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its much anticipated judgment on the notion of “employer”. The employer is an important element …

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Coronavirus en telewerk (Update)

In talrijke ondernemingen is telewerk voortaan verplicht. Tot op heden waren de meeste werkgevers echter niet gewend aan deze vorm van arbeidsorganisa…

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