574 results Foreign investment developments in 2022 2022 marks the second year of the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regulation, and the year in which legislators haven been busy shaping the Dutch national security screening regime and the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation. ECJ calls the shots: CK Telecoms ruling sent back to General Court The ECJ overruled the General Court in its CK Telecoms ruling, taking the strict requirements that the GC placed on the Commission when reviewing mergers off the table. This will make it easier for competition authorities to intervene in merger cases. Colour shifting risks: cartel fines for alleged indirect info exchange upheld National courts upheld the approach by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange, lowering the standard of proof for collusion by competitors when receiving competitively sensitive information from a buyer (or supplier). Retentiebonussen in de financiële sector: wat kan wel en wat niet? Phinney Disseldorp staat stil bij enkele vragen die in de praktijk spelen bij het toekennen van retentiebonussen in de financiële sector, en concludeert dat dit geen sinecure is. Tegen staken: wat werkgevers tegen stakingen kunnen doen In veel gevallen hebben werkgevers het idee dat ze stakingen moeten uitzitten, terwijl ze mogelijkheden hebben deze tegen te houden. In deze podcast vertellen Jaap van Slooten en Phinney Disseldorp hoe werkgevers zich kunnen weren tegen stakingsplannen. EU General Court denies WhatsApp’s action to annul EDPB decision The General Court has declared WhatsApp’s request to annul an EDPB binding decision inadmissible. The ACM has to pay: moral damages awarded to real estate traders The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) needs to cough up a total of EUR 120,000 in moral damages to three real estate traders. It's in the details: HSBC fine quashed for insufficient reasoning The General Court annulled the EUR 33.6 million fine imposed on banking group HSBC for its participation in the euro interest rates derivatives cartel. The postman will no longer ring twice: Minister unblocks postal merger The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently blocked postal operator PostNL's acquisition of its only national competitor, Sandd, because this would create "a monopolist on the postal delivery market". Margrethe Vestager to play matchmaker between enforcement and regulation Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission. Des renforts européens pour les forêts? La Commission européenne intensifie son action pour protéger les forêts mondiales menacées par la déforestation. Des mesures supplémentaires sont envisagées pour contrer cette crise environnementale urgente. Wanted: fast solutions for fast-growing platforms Dominant digital companies be warned: calls for additional tools to deal with powerful platforms in online markets are increasing. No fine means no reason to appeal? Think again! Whistleblowers who have had their fine reduced to zero may still have an interest in challenging an antitrust decision. ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel. Recent developments in the Right to Access One's Personal Data The Belgian Data Protection Authority has recently adopted a broad view of the right to access one's personal data. Annotatie bij Gerecht van de Europese Unie 15 november 2018 De Europese Commissie heeft zich op het standpunt gesteld dat de Nederlandse overheid nauwkeuriger moet omschrijven voor welke activiteiten woningcorporaties staatssteun mogen ontvangen. Enable “likes” and bear joint-controllership The Court of Justice of the European Union recently ruled that a website using Facebook's "Like" plugin may be seen as a joint-controller with Facebook for visitors' data collection. GDPR meets corporate: (new) opportunities in an M&A case The GDPR is everywhere, also in M&A cases. This article covers some practical points how to cope with GDPR during a deal from beginning to end. Pagination Previous page Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page
Foreign investment developments in 2022 2022 marks the second year of the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regulation, and the year in which legislators haven been busy shaping the Dutch national security screening regime and the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
ECJ calls the shots: CK Telecoms ruling sent back to General Court The ECJ overruled the General Court in its CK Telecoms ruling, taking the strict requirements that the GC placed on the Commission when reviewing mergers off the table. This will make it easier for competition authorities to intervene in merger cases.
Colour shifting risks: cartel fines for alleged indirect info exchange upheld National courts upheld the approach by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange, lowering the standard of proof for collusion by competitors when receiving competitively sensitive information from a buyer (or supplier).
Retentiebonussen in de financiële sector: wat kan wel en wat niet? Phinney Disseldorp staat stil bij enkele vragen die in de praktijk spelen bij het toekennen van retentiebonussen in de financiële sector, en concludeert dat dit geen sinecure is.
Tegen staken: wat werkgevers tegen stakingen kunnen doen In veel gevallen hebben werkgevers het idee dat ze stakingen moeten uitzitten, terwijl ze mogelijkheden hebben deze tegen te houden. In deze podcast vertellen Jaap van Slooten en Phinney Disseldorp hoe werkgevers zich kunnen weren tegen stakingsplannen.
EU General Court denies WhatsApp’s action to annul EDPB decision The General Court has declared WhatsApp’s request to annul an EDPB binding decision inadmissible.
The ACM has to pay: moral damages awarded to real estate traders The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) needs to cough up a total of EUR 120,000 in moral damages to three real estate traders.
It's in the details: HSBC fine quashed for insufficient reasoning The General Court annulled the EUR 33.6 million fine imposed on banking group HSBC for its participation in the euro interest rates derivatives cartel.
The postman will no longer ring twice: Minister unblocks postal merger The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently blocked postal operator PostNL's acquisition of its only national competitor, Sandd, because this would create "a monopolist on the postal delivery market".
Margrethe Vestager to play matchmaker between enforcement and regulation Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission.
Des renforts européens pour les forêts? La Commission européenne intensifie son action pour protéger les forêts mondiales menacées par la déforestation. Des mesures supplémentaires sont envisagées pour contrer cette crise environnementale urgente.
Wanted: fast solutions for fast-growing platforms Dominant digital companies be warned: calls for additional tools to deal with powerful platforms in online markets are increasing.
No fine means no reason to appeal? Think again! Whistleblowers who have had their fine reduced to zero may still have an interest in challenging an antitrust decision.
ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel.
Recent developments in the Right to Access One's Personal Data The Belgian Data Protection Authority has recently adopted a broad view of the right to access one's personal data.
Annotatie bij Gerecht van de Europese Unie 15 november 2018 De Europese Commissie heeft zich op het standpunt gesteld dat de Nederlandse overheid nauwkeuriger moet omschrijven voor welke activiteiten woningcorporaties staatssteun mogen ontvangen.
Enable “likes” and bear joint-controllership The Court of Justice of the European Union recently ruled that a website using Facebook's "Like" plugin may be seen as a joint-controller with Facebook for visitors' data collection.
GDPR meets corporate: (new) opportunities in an M&A case The GDPR is everywhere, also in M&A cases. This article covers some practical points how to cope with GDPR during a deal from beginning to end.