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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.

Tim de Greve gaat samen met Prof. Petra van Kampen in op actuele ontwikkelingen in het verschoningsrecht tijdens het webinar Verschoningsrecht van de Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk.

Jan-Maarten Schepel bespreekt de recente uitspraak van de Hoge Raad over de toepassing van de klachtplicht op bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid.

In a judgment of 23 January 2024 (case no. 200.304.621 and 200.304.673), the Court of Appeal ruled that elevator manufacturer Kone can be held liable for damages alleged by 23 parties that combined their claims in a litigation vehicle.

The European Commission has fined Mondelēz EUR 337.5 million for restricting cross-border trade. Brand owners are advised to double-check their licensing and distribution systems, as well as their commercial conduct, for possible territorial restraints.

In het publiek debat worden bestuurders in toenemende mate aangesproken op hun verantwoordelijkheid voor de ESG-compliance van het bedrijf. Ook juridisch: denk aan strafrechtelijke aangiften en onderzoeken met expliciete aandacht voor bestuurders.

By 26 December 2023 at the latest, EU Member States must publish a list of organisations that they have designated as ‘qualified entities’ (bevoegde instanties) for bringing cross-border representative actions within the EU on behalf of consumers.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one of the most significant development in the European data strategy in the past years and is continuously evolving.

De Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (de “AVG”) is één van de meest ingrijpende ontwikkelingen binnen de Europese datastrategie van de afgelopen jaren en nog steeds volop in ontwikkeling.

In bankruptcy proceedings, directors under the articles of association of a Dutch B.V. or N.V. can be held liable by a bankruptcy trustee on the basis of specific articles of the Dutch Civil Code concerning manifestly improper management.

The authors discuss a recent judgment by the Dutch Supreme Court that extends the right of setoff for banks before and during bankruptcy and suspension of payments.

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.

Shell climate case on appeal: no CO2 reduction order. What does this mean for the future? And for other companies?

Hoger beroep Shell-klimaatzaak: geen CO2-reductiebevel. Wat betekent dit voor de toekomst? En voor andere bedrijven?

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.

Op 23 september 2025 heeft de Tweede Kamer het voorstel voor de Wijzigingswet accountancysector (voorheen: Wet toekomst accountancysector, hierna: Wijzigingswet) aangenomen.