877 results Stijn de Jong Partner Amsterdam Suzanne Hogendoorn Associate Amsterdam Tjaša Geč-Senčur Senior Associate Amsterdam Vera Brouwer Project Support Lawyer (not admitted to the bar) Amsterdam Peter Wytinck Partner Brussels 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. Game over for dark patterns? ACM fines Epic for unfairly targeting children The ACM has fined Epic Games for exploiting children’s psychological vulnerabilities, marking a key moment for Dutch consumer law enforcement. Our briefing examines the broader implications for consumer-facing businesses, especially those in online sales. Stibbe Amsterdam appoints two new counsel We are pleased to announce that Stibbe Amsterdam has promoted Rut Molenaar-Wingens and Phinney Disseldorp to counsel effective 1 July and 1 August. Stibbe advises Viatris in sale of substantially all of Viatris’ European OTC Business to Cooper Consumer Health Stibbe successfully guides Viatris through EU regulatory processes. Killing three birds with one stone: Illumina wins Article 22 battle The ECJ wrote the epilogue to the Illumina/Grail saga, overturning the EC’s novel ‘Article 22’ approach. It is now clear that the EC cannot accept referral requests to review transactions that fall below the thresholds of national merger control regimes. Mira Deweerdt Junior Associate Brussels Google Shopping: self-preferencing can be abusive The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Google abused its dominance by favouring its own shopping comparison service and demoting competing ones. However, not all favouritism is doomed. 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. De Wtta part II: invulling van het normenkader, maar nog steeds (veel) onduidelijkheid In een eerdere bijdrage hebben wij het Wetsvoorstel toelating terbeschikkingstelling van arbeidskrachten (de Wtta) besproken. Modernisering van het concurrentiebeding: enkele vragen en antwoorden In het recent ter consultatie voorgelegde concept Wetsvoorstel modernisering concurrentiebeding (het “Voorstel”) worden de regels die gelden voor het concurrentiebeding (artikel 7:653 BW) aangescherpt. Stibbe advises GRW on the acquisition of Van Hool’s industrial vehicle division Stibbe advised GRW, the South African tanker and trailer manufacturer allied with Schmitz Cargobull, on acquiring the industrial vehicle division of Van Hool, following the latter’s declaration of bankruptcy. Stibbe advises Goed A multidisciplinary Stibbe team advised Goed and its shareholders on its binding agreement with Mulitpharma relating to the sale of Goed’s pharmaceutical retail and wholesale business. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation’s initial focus on China Although the text of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is not aimed at specific countries, the European Commission’s initial enforcement actions appear to be targeting Chinese subsidies. Pagination Previous page Page 11 Current page 12 Page 13 Page 14 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.
Game over for dark patterns? ACM fines Epic for unfairly targeting children The ACM has fined Epic Games for exploiting children’s psychological vulnerabilities, marking a key moment for Dutch consumer law enforcement. Our briefing examines the broader implications for consumer-facing businesses, especially those in online sales.
Stibbe Amsterdam appoints two new counsel We are pleased to announce that Stibbe Amsterdam has promoted Rut Molenaar-Wingens and Phinney Disseldorp to counsel effective 1 July and 1 August.
Stibbe advises Viatris in sale of substantially all of Viatris’ European OTC Business to Cooper Consumer Health Stibbe successfully guides Viatris through EU regulatory processes.
Killing three birds with one stone: Illumina wins Article 22 battle The ECJ wrote the epilogue to the Illumina/Grail saga, overturning the EC’s novel ‘Article 22’ approach. It is now clear that the EC cannot accept referral requests to review transactions that fall below the thresholds of national merger control regimes.
Google Shopping: self-preferencing can be abusive The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Google abused its dominance by favouring its own shopping comparison service and demoting competing ones. However, not all favouritism is doomed.
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.
De Wtta part II: invulling van het normenkader, maar nog steeds (veel) onduidelijkheid In een eerdere bijdrage hebben wij het Wetsvoorstel toelating terbeschikkingstelling van arbeidskrachten (de Wtta) besproken.
Modernisering van het concurrentiebeding: enkele vragen en antwoorden In het recent ter consultatie voorgelegde concept Wetsvoorstel modernisering concurrentiebeding (het “Voorstel”) worden de regels die gelden voor het concurrentiebeding (artikel 7:653 BW) aangescherpt.
Stibbe advises GRW on the acquisition of Van Hool’s industrial vehicle division Stibbe advised GRW, the South African tanker and trailer manufacturer allied with Schmitz Cargobull, on acquiring the industrial vehicle division of Van Hool, following the latter’s declaration of bankruptcy.
Stibbe advises Goed A multidisciplinary Stibbe team advised Goed and its shareholders on its binding agreement with Mulitpharma relating to the sale of Goed’s pharmaceutical retail and wholesale business.
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation’s initial focus on China Although the text of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is not aimed at specific countries, the European Commission’s initial enforcement actions appear to be targeting Chinese subsidies.