16 November 2017: Erik Valgaeren clarifies the legal perspective on Blockchain during a Beltug-conference in Zellik.

Speaking slot - Sarah De Wulf, junior TMT associate, discusses SAP licensing agreements during a Beltug seminar on 20 February 2019. Many of the Beltug members are customers of SAP and face daily questions and challenges regarding SAP's software licensing policies.  These questions include (among others): how the licence models will evolve (especially in terms of the growth of cloud services) and how to cope with indirect access.

Short Reads - As it stands, the UK will exit the European Union at midnight on 29 March 2019. Therefore, businesses within the UK, or with trade relations with the UK, would be best advised to assume that a no-deal Brexit is inevitable. The exchange of personal data  within the EU is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In a no-deal Brexit, the GDPR will cease to be applicable in the UK upon its EU exit.

Articles - The Belgian law of 25 November 2018 containing various provisions relating to the National Register and the population registers, published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 13 December 2018, has amended the law of 8 August 1983 regulating the National Register and the use of the national identity number

Seminar - Erik Valgaeren, Partner TMT, and his team organize a seminar which focuses on the interaction between GDPR and litigation, corporate law, administrative law and employment law.