07.06.2019 BE law Part three - GDPR and public law: To retroact or not? Articles - Since the General Data Protection Regulation (“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 capita selecta of the interaction of GDPR with public law and government. In this blog we discuss the retroactive application of GDPR. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen, Niels Tack
20.03.2019 BE law Brexit and public procurement – WTO provides the solution, right? Articles - The UK is set to leave the EU. Yet, Brexit will only have a small impact on public procurement, since even a ‘hard Brexit’ would entail no substantial differences with the current regime. Read more Team: Nathanaelle Kiekens, Ian Arnouts, Niels Tack
05.06.2019 BE law Part two - GDPR and Public Law: Data protection in public procurement Articles - Since the General Data Protection Regulation (“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 capita selecta of the interaction of GDPR with public law and government. In this blog we discuss some GDPR-related aspects of public procurement. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, David D'Hooghe, Nathanaelle Kiekens, Carolien Michielsen, Niels Tack
13.02.2019 EU law 'GDPR 360°' - Interaction between GDPR and other key legal domains 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. Read more Team: Carolien Michielsen, Carol Evrard, Sarah De Wulf, Cyril Fischer, Niels Tack, Pieter Wouters, Florent Volckaert, Jérôme Aubertin, Erik Valgaeren
21.05.2019 EU law Part one - GDPR and Public Law: Applicability of GDPR to public bodies 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. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen, Niels Tack
01.08.2018 BE law Belgian Court of Cassation annuls decision prohibiting pharmacists from using Google Adwords Short Reads - On 7 June 2018, the Belgian Court of Cassation, ruled that a decision of the Pharmacists Association Appeals Council (Appeals Council) prohibiting pharmacists from using Google Adwords to offer over-the-counter (OTC) products violated Belgian competition law because the Appeals Council did not sufficiently justify why such a prohibition was necessary for health reasons. The Appeals Council must now issue a new decision. Read more Team: Peter Wytinck, Niels Tack