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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 this blog, Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk of our Financial Markets team discuss the EU green bonds regulation which will start applying in 2024. 

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.

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?

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.

Op dit moment verplicht artikel 2.15 Activiteitenbesluit drijvers van zogenoemde type A en type B inrichtingen om alle energiebesparende maatregelen te treffen met een terugverdientijd van vijf jaar of minder.

Article 2.15 of the Activities Decree currently requires operators of so-called Type A and Type B establishments to implement all energy saving measures with a payback period of five years or less.

Enforceable obligations are an important aspect of commercial interaction. Contracts provide for this need by proving the terms and conditions to which parties agreed. However, in reality a promise made is not necessarily a promise kept

On 17 June 2025, The Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch rendered a judgment in antitrust follow-on damages litigation concerning the cathode-ray tube markets, ruling on – amongst other things – the commencement of the limitation.

The judgment of the Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch of 27 May 2025 concerns a collective action brought by Consumentenbond and Stichting Aequitas against Koninklijke Philips N.V. under the old Dutch collective action regime of Article 3:305a DCC.

On 20 June 2025, the Dutch Supreme Court referred questions to the CJEU in an antitrust damages case on trucks manufacturing. This blog explores the events leading to this pivotal moment and the key questions posed.

Foreign entities are often sued in the Netherlands on the basis of the ‘anchor defendant’ construction.

Buitenlandse partijen worden vaak in Nederland gedagvaard via de "ankergedaagde"-constructie.

Hester Bisscheroux en Amelie Borel Rinkes lichten toe waarom het onterecht is dat de minister de bevindingen uit recent gepubliceerde onderzoeksrapport 'Zelfonderzoek en zelfmelden van fraude en corruptie door bedrijven' voorlopig naast zich neer legt.