34 results Dawn raid drama: bycatch and data rooms Beware of the fine line in antitrust investigations between illegal fishing expeditions and accidental discoveries pointing at a separate antitrust infringement. If at first you don’t succeed ... Court unblocks two blocked healthcare mergers The ACM needs to ‘try, try again’ when assessing healthcare mergers. The Rotterdam District Court overturned two of the ACM’s healthcare merger prohibitions within less than two months. 2022: the big reveal of 2021’s competition law promises 2021 was riddled with sneak previews of a “review of competition policy tools with unprecedented scope and ambition”. Court rules ACM can use accidental evidence found in dawn raids While skimming through employees’ chat conversations and e-mails, it is not uncommon for competition authorities to stumble across other potential antitrust violations, separate from the initial scope of the search. ACM issues first excessive pricing fine in pharma On 1 July 2021, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine of EUR 19.5 million on drug manufacturer Leadiant for excessive pricing of their orphan drug CDCA-Leadiant. ACM rolls the dice on roll-up strategies For the first time, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets conducted a merger review involving a ‘roll-up strategy’. The outcome of another roll-up strategy merger assessment is pending. E-book 'The current NOW and the expected changes in the new/extended NOW (NOW 2.0)'. On 1 April 2020, the Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure to Preserve Employment ("NOW") was published. Since 6 April 2020, employers can apply for a wage subsidy under the NOW. E-book 'De huidige NOW en de verwachte wijzigingen in de nieuwe/verlengde NOW (NOW 2.0)' Op 1 april 2020 werd de Tijdelijke noodmaatregel overbrugging voor behoud van werkgelegenheid gepubliceerd (“NOW”). Sinds 6 april 2020 kunnen werkgevers een aanvraag doen voor loonkostensubsidie onder de NOW. Temporary unemployment due to force majeure: extension of simplified procedures On 7 May, 2020, the ONEM/RVA has modified its instructions: the simplified procedures for temporary unemployment due to force majeure resulting from the Covid-19 crisis can be applied up to and including 30 June, 2020. Chômage temporaire pour force majeure : prolongation des procédures simplifiées Ce 7 mai 2020, l’ONEM a modifié ses instructions. La procédure simplifiée pour la mise en chômage temporaire pour force majeure en raison de la crise du Covid-19 est prolongée jusqu'au 30 juin 2020. Employment related questions with regard to the Coronavirus The Coronavirus has an immediate impact on the employment situation of companies and employees. We provide an overview on the most important questions in this regard. Tijdelijke werkloosheid – Maatregelen aangaande telewerk, physical distancing in essentiële en niet-essentiële bedrijven – Sociale verkiezingen Elisabeth en Dieter bespreken tijdelijke werkloosheid ten tijde van Covid-19. Daarnaast verklaren ze de maatregelen aangaande telewerk en physical distancing in bedrijven, en gaan ze dieper in op de impact op de organisatie van de sociale verkiezingen. Beloningen Q&A COVID-19 Een groot aantal werkgevers komt als gevolg van de coronacrisis in financiële problemen. Dit leidt tot allerlei beloningsgerelateerde vragen, zoals: zal onder de NOW ook variabele beloning worden vergoed aan de werkgevers? Impact du coronavirus sur les elections sociales Les élections sociales, prévues tous les 4 ans, devaient avoir lieu du 11 au 24 mai 2020, mais la crise du Covid-19 a perturbé ce processus démarré le 13 décembre 2019, nécessitant une adaptation inévitable. Le régime des jours fériés pour les collaborateurs en chômage temporaire Depuis le début de la crise du Covid-19, le chômage temporaire est utilisé par les entreprises. Mais qui paie les jours fériés : l'employeur ou l'ONEM ? Don't take the ACM's digital inspection guidelines too literally The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets' (ACM) digital inspection guidelines should be on every company's reading list. However, they should not be taken too literally; at least according to the recent ruling from the Court of Appeal in The Hague. De gevolgen van de coronacrisis voor zzp’ers Niet alleen werkgevers en werknemers worden getroffen door de maatregelen tegen de uitbraak van het coronavirus (COVID-19), ook voor zzp’ers zijn de gevolgen groot. ICO to impose record-breaking fines for inadequate security measures and data breaches Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page
Dawn raid drama: bycatch and data rooms Beware of the fine line in antitrust investigations between illegal fishing expeditions and accidental discoveries pointing at a separate antitrust infringement.
If at first you don’t succeed ... Court unblocks two blocked healthcare mergers The ACM needs to ‘try, try again’ when assessing healthcare mergers. The Rotterdam District Court overturned two of the ACM’s healthcare merger prohibitions within less than two months.
2022: the big reveal of 2021’s competition law promises 2021 was riddled with sneak previews of a “review of competition policy tools with unprecedented scope and ambition”.
Court rules ACM can use accidental evidence found in dawn raids While skimming through employees’ chat conversations and e-mails, it is not uncommon for competition authorities to stumble across other potential antitrust violations, separate from the initial scope of the search.
ACM issues first excessive pricing fine in pharma On 1 July 2021, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine of EUR 19.5 million on drug manufacturer Leadiant for excessive pricing of their orphan drug CDCA-Leadiant.
ACM rolls the dice on roll-up strategies For the first time, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets conducted a merger review involving a ‘roll-up strategy’. The outcome of another roll-up strategy merger assessment is pending.
E-book 'The current NOW and the expected changes in the new/extended NOW (NOW 2.0)'. On 1 April 2020, the Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure to Preserve Employment ("NOW") was published. Since 6 April 2020, employers can apply for a wage subsidy under the NOW.
E-book 'De huidige NOW en de verwachte wijzigingen in de nieuwe/verlengde NOW (NOW 2.0)' Op 1 april 2020 werd de Tijdelijke noodmaatregel overbrugging voor behoud van werkgelegenheid gepubliceerd (“NOW”). Sinds 6 april 2020 kunnen werkgevers een aanvraag doen voor loonkostensubsidie onder de NOW.
Temporary unemployment due to force majeure: extension of simplified procedures On 7 May, 2020, the ONEM/RVA has modified its instructions: the simplified procedures for temporary unemployment due to force majeure resulting from the Covid-19 crisis can be applied up to and including 30 June, 2020.
Chômage temporaire pour force majeure : prolongation des procédures simplifiées Ce 7 mai 2020, l’ONEM a modifié ses instructions. La procédure simplifiée pour la mise en chômage temporaire pour force majeure en raison de la crise du Covid-19 est prolongée jusqu'au 30 juin 2020.
Employment related questions with regard to the Coronavirus The Coronavirus has an immediate impact on the employment situation of companies and employees. We provide an overview on the most important questions in this regard.
Tijdelijke werkloosheid – Maatregelen aangaande telewerk, physical distancing in essentiële en niet-essentiële bedrijven – Sociale verkiezingen Elisabeth en Dieter bespreken tijdelijke werkloosheid ten tijde van Covid-19. Daarnaast verklaren ze de maatregelen aangaande telewerk en physical distancing in bedrijven, en gaan ze dieper in op de impact op de organisatie van de sociale verkiezingen.
Beloningen Q&A COVID-19 Een groot aantal werkgevers komt als gevolg van de coronacrisis in financiële problemen. Dit leidt tot allerlei beloningsgerelateerde vragen, zoals: zal onder de NOW ook variabele beloning worden vergoed aan de werkgevers?
Impact du coronavirus sur les elections sociales Les élections sociales, prévues tous les 4 ans, devaient avoir lieu du 11 au 24 mai 2020, mais la crise du Covid-19 a perturbé ce processus démarré le 13 décembre 2019, nécessitant une adaptation inévitable.
Le régime des jours fériés pour les collaborateurs en chômage temporaire Depuis le début de la crise du Covid-19, le chômage temporaire est utilisé par les entreprises. Mais qui paie les jours fériés : l'employeur ou l'ONEM ?
Don't take the ACM's digital inspection guidelines too literally The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets' (ACM) digital inspection guidelines should be on every company's reading list. However, they should not be taken too literally; at least according to the recent ruling from the Court of Appeal in The Hague.
De gevolgen van de coronacrisis voor zzp’ers Niet alleen werkgevers en werknemers worden getroffen door de maatregelen tegen de uitbraak van het coronavirus (COVID-19), ook voor zzp’ers zijn de gevolgen groot.
ICO to impose record-breaking fines for inadequate security measures and data breaches Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly.