191 results Happy first anniversary! One year of the Vifo Act: an update On the first of June, the Dutch national security investment screening regime (the Vifo Act) celebrated its first anniversary. Time to take stock of key findings and forthcoming developments. Noot bij de uitspraak van de Hoge Raad van 16 februari 2024 De Hoge Raad over de vrijheid van uittreding bij een coöperatie (JOR 2024/132), met noot van Manon Cremers How a 'non-commercial' contract can still qualify as a commercial transaction and be subject to statutory commercial interest Statutory commercial interest is higher than the ordinary statutory interest. Whether statutory commercial interest is due, depends on the qualification of the relationship between the parties as a commercial contract under Article 6:119a DCC. The anti-SLAPP Directive has legal effect Litigation against, for example journalists, NGOs, and human rights defenders could effectively silence them. To prevent this, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union recently adopted the anti-SLAPP Directive. Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts. The new sustainability advertising code: lessons from one year of review by the advertising code committee In the first year since the SAC came into force there have been 22 rulings by the ACC and the AT in which an advertisement has been tested against the SAC. This blog addresses the lessons that can be drawn from an analysis of these rulings. De nieuwe duurzaamheidsreclamecode: lessen voor de praktijk uit een jaar toetsing door de Reclame Code Commissie In het eerste jaar sinds de inwerkingtreding van de Code voor Duurzaamheidsreclame zijn er 22 uitspraken geweest van de Reclame Code Commissie en het College van Beroep waarin een reclame-uiting aan de CDR is getoetst. Dit blog bevat een analyse. Court of Appeal overturns first instance judgment and establishes that several prestressing steel producers are liable for the potential loss alleged by Deutsche Bahn The Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch ruled that several producers of prestressing steel are jointly and severally liable for potential loss that Deutsche Bahn may have suffered as a result of an infringement of competition law rules. Gelieerde bestuurders en commissarissen Gelieerde bestuurders en commissarissen hebben een dubbele loyaliteit. Zij zijn loyaal aan zowel de rechtspersoon als hun achterman, zoals een aandeelhouder, een overheid of de medezeggenschap. District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP. Verkoop voor verhuur breekt koop? De verkoop van een substantieel aantal koopappartementen aan een investeerder die deze appartementen vervolgens gaat verhuren, kan ertoe leiden dat andere kopers in ditzelfde complex hun koop- aannemingsovereenkomst kunnen ontbinden. Dutch Supreme Court clarifies rules on the moment of default by operation of law: can the default be deferred following actions of the creditor? The Dutch Supreme Court rendered judgment on 12 April 2024 ECLI:NL:HR:2024:575, clarifying the moment at which a debtor is in default following non-performance. Aansprakelijkheidsstelling bij duurzaamheid: een ritselende revolutie In het Transformation Forums Magazine gaat Branda Katan in op de effectiviteit van het aansprakelijk stellen van bedrijven voor de impact die ze hebben op mensenrechten, milieu en klimaat, oftewel op duurzaamheid. No reduction order for Shell on appeal: what does this mean? Shell climate case on appeal: no CO2 reduction order. What does this mean for the future? And for other companies? Geen reductiebevel voor Shell in hoger beroep: wat betekent dit? Hoger beroep Shell-klimaatzaak: geen CO2-reductiebevel. Wat betekent dit voor de toekomst? En voor andere bedrijven? Stibbe contributes to Chambers ESG Guide 2024 The year 2024 has been notable for developments in ESG. Climate cases, impactful new laws and regulations, and geopolitical developments have shaped – or will largely shape – companies' choices. Stibbe has been a key contributor to the Chambers ESG Guide. EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007. Invalidation of agreements entered into by a bankruptcy trustee with the approval of the supervisory judge under Article 69 of the Bankruptcy Act? The Dutch Supreme Court handed down a judgment on 15 Dec 2023 clarifying whether agreements entered into by a bankruptcy trustee with the approval of the supervisory judge can be affected by an application under Article 69 of the Dutch Bankruptcy Act. Pagination Previous page Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page
Happy first anniversary! One year of the Vifo Act: an update On the first of June, the Dutch national security investment screening regime (the Vifo Act) celebrated its first anniversary. Time to take stock of key findings and forthcoming developments.
Noot bij de uitspraak van de Hoge Raad van 16 februari 2024 De Hoge Raad over de vrijheid van uittreding bij een coöperatie (JOR 2024/132), met noot van Manon Cremers
How a 'non-commercial' contract can still qualify as a commercial transaction and be subject to statutory commercial interest Statutory commercial interest is higher than the ordinary statutory interest. Whether statutory commercial interest is due, depends on the qualification of the relationship between the parties as a commercial contract under Article 6:119a DCC.
The anti-SLAPP Directive has legal effect Litigation against, for example journalists, NGOs, and human rights defenders could effectively silence them. To prevent this, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union recently adopted the anti-SLAPP Directive.
Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts.
The new sustainability advertising code: lessons from one year of review by the advertising code committee In the first year since the SAC came into force there have been 22 rulings by the ACC and the AT in which an advertisement has been tested against the SAC. This blog addresses the lessons that can be drawn from an analysis of these rulings.
De nieuwe duurzaamheidsreclamecode: lessen voor de praktijk uit een jaar toetsing door de Reclame Code Commissie In het eerste jaar sinds de inwerkingtreding van de Code voor Duurzaamheidsreclame zijn er 22 uitspraken geweest van de Reclame Code Commissie en het College van Beroep waarin een reclame-uiting aan de CDR is getoetst. Dit blog bevat een analyse.
Court of Appeal overturns first instance judgment and establishes that several prestressing steel producers are liable for the potential loss alleged by Deutsche Bahn The Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch ruled that several producers of prestressing steel are jointly and severally liable for potential loss that Deutsche Bahn may have suffered as a result of an infringement of competition law rules.
Gelieerde bestuurders en commissarissen Gelieerde bestuurders en commissarissen hebben een dubbele loyaliteit. Zij zijn loyaal aan zowel de rechtspersoon als hun achterman, zoals een aandeelhouder, een overheid of de medezeggenschap.
District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP.
Verkoop voor verhuur breekt koop? De verkoop van een substantieel aantal koopappartementen aan een investeerder die deze appartementen vervolgens gaat verhuren, kan ertoe leiden dat andere kopers in ditzelfde complex hun koop- aannemingsovereenkomst kunnen ontbinden.
Dutch Supreme Court clarifies rules on the moment of default by operation of law: can the default be deferred following actions of the creditor? The Dutch Supreme Court rendered judgment on 12 April 2024 ECLI:NL:HR:2024:575, clarifying the moment at which a debtor is in default following non-performance.
Aansprakelijkheidsstelling bij duurzaamheid: een ritselende revolutie In het Transformation Forums Magazine gaat Branda Katan in op de effectiviteit van het aansprakelijk stellen van bedrijven voor de impact die ze hebben op mensenrechten, milieu en klimaat, oftewel op duurzaamheid.
No reduction order for Shell on appeal: what does this mean? Shell climate case on appeal: no CO2 reduction order. What does this mean for the future? And for other companies?
Geen reductiebevel voor Shell in hoger beroep: wat betekent dit? Hoger beroep Shell-klimaatzaak: geen CO2-reductiebevel. Wat betekent dit voor de toekomst? En voor andere bedrijven?
Stibbe contributes to Chambers ESG Guide 2024 The year 2024 has been notable for developments in ESG. Climate cases, impactful new laws and regulations, and geopolitical developments have shaped – or will largely shape – companies' choices. Stibbe has been a key contributor to the Chambers ESG Guide.
EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007.
Invalidation of agreements entered into by a bankruptcy trustee with the approval of the supervisory judge under Article 69 of the Bankruptcy Act? The Dutch Supreme Court handed down a judgment on 15 Dec 2023 clarifying whether agreements entered into by a bankruptcy trustee with the approval of the supervisory judge can be affected by an application under Article 69 of the Dutch Bankruptcy Act.