1274 results Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such? Netherlands further locked in? Council of State limits internal netting of nitrogen emissions The Council of State has changed its case law on internal and external netting. This has major implications for activities involving nitrogen. In this blog Anna Collignon discusses the new case law. Nederland verder op slot? Raad van State beperkt intern salderen van stikstofemissies De Raad van State heeft haar rechtspraak over intern en extern salderen gewijzigd. Dit heeft grote gevolgen voor activiteiten met stikstof. Anna Collignon bespreekt in dit blog de nieuwe jurisprudentie. Abuse of economic dependence does not require contractual relationship On 20 February 2025, the Belgian Supreme Court confirmed that under Belgian law an abuse of economic dependence may be found even in a situation where there is no contractual relationship between the companies involved. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: our 16 key takeaways The AI Act is the first comprehensive AI regulation in the world. In this first episode of our Artificial Intelligence series, we have set out our initial key takeaways on the AI Act based on the text as currently approved by the Council of the EU. C'est le ton qui fait la musique – The end of employer copyrights? The CJEU decision in the National Orchestra of Belgium decision shakes up employer copyright in the Netherlands. With new consent and compensation requirements, are your employment contracts still airtight? Discover the implications of the decision here. The long and (un)winding road of ‘killer acquisition’ Illumina/Grail Crystal ball gazing into prospective innovation rat races when assessing vertical mergers may soon be all in a day’s work for the European Commission. Innovation was a recurring theme in the Commission’s handling of the Illumina/Grail deal. If you have nothing nice to say…Teva fined heavily for abusive conduct Dominant pharma companies had better watch their words and use the patent system wisely. Pharma company Teva was fined EUR 462.6 million for disparagement and ‘divisional gaming’ to delay market entry and hinder the uptake of a competing drug. The ECJ’s ruling in Servier: Never Settle For Less Patent settlement agreements between originator pharmaceutical companies and generics manufacturers are a risky business. Originator medicine company Servier and five generic companies rolled the dice and the ECJ largely confirmed their antitrust fines. Commission steers market definition to the 21st century Companies have a new and improved tool for the competitive assessment of their conduct and intended acquisitions. The European Commission has updated its guidance on how to define relevant markets for the purpose of EU competition law enforcement. Selectie nieuwe prejudiciële vragen over consumentenrecht Hier vindt u een selectie van nieuwe prejudiciële vragen over het consumentenrecht uit 2023. Sélection de nouvelles questions préjudicielles en matière de droit de la consommation Veuillez trouver ici une sélection de nouvelles questions préjudicielles en matière du droit de la consommation en 2023. Webinar Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF) Op 11 november van 12:00 tot 13:00 uur organiseert Stibbe een webinar over het Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF), het nieuwe Europese staatssteunraamwerk voor industriële vergroening. Omnibus-ontwikkelingen: aanpassing van de CSRD en eerste stappen herziening van ESRS Op 26 februari 2025 heeft de Europese Commissie het Vereenvoudigingspakket Omnibus I (Omnibus) gepubliceerd. Pagination Previous page Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Current page 71
Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such?
Netherlands further locked in? Council of State limits internal netting of nitrogen emissions The Council of State has changed its case law on internal and external netting. This has major implications for activities involving nitrogen. In this blog Anna Collignon discusses the new case law.
Nederland verder op slot? Raad van State beperkt intern salderen van stikstofemissies De Raad van State heeft haar rechtspraak over intern en extern salderen gewijzigd. Dit heeft grote gevolgen voor activiteiten met stikstof. Anna Collignon bespreekt in dit blog de nieuwe jurisprudentie.
Abuse of economic dependence does not require contractual relationship On 20 February 2025, the Belgian Supreme Court confirmed that under Belgian law an abuse of economic dependence may be found even in a situation where there is no contractual relationship between the companies involved.
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: our 16 key takeaways The AI Act is the first comprehensive AI regulation in the world. In this first episode of our Artificial Intelligence series, we have set out our initial key takeaways on the AI Act based on the text as currently approved by the Council of the EU.
C'est le ton qui fait la musique – The end of employer copyrights? The CJEU decision in the National Orchestra of Belgium decision shakes up employer copyright in the Netherlands. With new consent and compensation requirements, are your employment contracts still airtight? Discover the implications of the decision here.
The long and (un)winding road of ‘killer acquisition’ Illumina/Grail Crystal ball gazing into prospective innovation rat races when assessing vertical mergers may soon be all in a day’s work for the European Commission. Innovation was a recurring theme in the Commission’s handling of the Illumina/Grail deal.
If you have nothing nice to say…Teva fined heavily for abusive conduct Dominant pharma companies had better watch their words and use the patent system wisely. Pharma company Teva was fined EUR 462.6 million for disparagement and ‘divisional gaming’ to delay market entry and hinder the uptake of a competing drug.
The ECJ’s ruling in Servier: Never Settle For Less Patent settlement agreements between originator pharmaceutical companies and generics manufacturers are a risky business. Originator medicine company Servier and five generic companies rolled the dice and the ECJ largely confirmed their antitrust fines.
Commission steers market definition to the 21st century Companies have a new and improved tool for the competitive assessment of their conduct and intended acquisitions. The European Commission has updated its guidance on how to define relevant markets for the purpose of EU competition law enforcement.
Selectie nieuwe prejudiciële vragen over consumentenrecht Hier vindt u een selectie van nieuwe prejudiciële vragen over het consumentenrecht uit 2023.
Sélection de nouvelles questions préjudicielles en matière de droit de la consommation Veuillez trouver ici une sélection de nouvelles questions préjudicielles en matière du droit de la consommation en 2023.
Webinar Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF) Op 11 november van 12:00 tot 13:00 uur organiseert Stibbe een webinar over het Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF), het nieuwe Europese staatssteunraamwerk voor industriële vergroening.
Omnibus-ontwikkelingen: aanpassing van de CSRD en eerste stappen herziening van ESRS Op 26 februari 2025 heeft de Europese Commissie het Vereenvoudigingspakket Omnibus I (Omnibus) gepubliceerd.