1 December 2017: Charlotte Conings speaks at M&D’s seminar on corporate criminal law

Short Reads - Een risico-inventarisatie en -evaluatie met bijbehorend plan is verplicht voor iedere werkgever, maar veel werkgevers hebben deze niet. In dit blog gaan we in op de inhoud en achtergrond van de RI&E en op de risico's voor werkgevers die geen RI&E hebben.

Articles - International data transfers have been the subject of intense debates ever since the Court of Justice issued its landmark judgement of Schrems I, on 6 October 2015. The intensity of the debate was further reinforced since the Schrems II decision one year ago, on 16 July 2020. The decision annulled the U.S. Privacy Shield and severely tightened the rules on the use of standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”).

Short Reads - The draft temporary bill on Expedited Liquidation Transparency presented by the Dutch Minister of Justice on 28 June 2021 aims to increase transparency, improve protection of creditors and reduce the risk of abuse. We expect that this bill could be in effect indefinitely, as the issues it addresses were pressing long before COVID-19.

Short Reads - As long as a contract has not yet been concluded, the parties’ freedom of contract is paramount.  In principle, the parties are free to decide whether to continue or break off negotiations. Nevertheless, circumstances may arise under which breaking off negotiations is unacceptable. One of the remedies available to the injured party in such a case is to seek a court order to continue negotiations. This blog post discusses the chance of success of such a court order, and the factors involved.