Les clauses take or pay: des clauses originales et méconnues

Short Reads - As part of the digital economy, the rise of online platforms and search engines raises all kinds of legal questions. For example, do bicycle couriers qualify as employees who are entitled to ordinary labour law protections? Or should they be considered self-employed (see our Stibbe website on this issue)? The rise of online platforms also triggers more general legal questions on the relationship between online platforms and their users. Importantly, the European Union is becoming increasingly active in this field.

Speaking slot - On the 23rd of May Rony Vermeersch acts as moderator at a panel discussion on PPP organized by AG Real Estate during the We are Real Estate fair in Brussels.

Masterclass - On 11 June 2019 in Amsterdam, Stibbe will host a Masterclass titled 'Chain liability in the construction industry: the labour law, administrative law and tax law issues'. During this Masterclass, we will focus on all the various types of chain liability in the Netherlands.

Articles - Since the GDPR became applicable almost one year ago, multiple questions have arisen about its interaction with other fields of law. In this three-part blog series of “GDPR and Public Law”, we discuss three relevant issues of the interaction of GDPR with public law and government. In this blog we discuss the applicability of GDPR to public bodies.