340 results EU merger guidelines review: catching up with the times? A potential major overhaul of EU merger control review began on 8 May 2025. Time for stakeholders to speak up about whether and particularly how the European Commission should incorporate wider strategic or societal objectives into its merger assessments. The Commission’s ‘killer’ pharma campaign: reason to complain? The European Commission is on the prowl in the pharma sector. Recent cases on alleged disparagement and pipeline drugs-killings show that it is not afraid to show its teeth and, ultimately, bite. Digital antitrust conduct: too elusive to catch? The ink on the Digital Market Act has barely dried, but fast-evolving digital developments already have competition authorities calling for new tools. Is Big Tech not kept in check by the DMA, the antitrust rules and the EU Merger Regulation after all? Get ready for more action! Dutch investment screening continues to evolve Dutch investment screening is rapidly expanding: since June, the proposal for a separate defence regime has been published and the intended expansion of the regime of the Vifo Act to include AI and biotech has been announced. Reason for a quick update! 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. CSRD & CSDDD: Recent European Developments in Sustainability In recent years, the EU has considerably strengthened its legal arsenal around sustainability by imposing requirements on companies to assess, prevent, and mitigate the negative impact of their activities on human rights and the environment. Gegevensbescherming in faillissement: uitdagingen voor de curator In faillissement dient rechtmatig omgegaan te worden met persoonsgegevens. In de praktijk leidt dat tot uitdagingen voor de curator. More sustainability and more investments: what European industry can expect from the Clean Industrial Deal The European Commission wants to make European industry more competitive with the Clean Industrial Deal. This strategy should help the industry. In this blog we will explain how and when this will happen. CJEU confirms “right of explanation” in battle between trade secrets and algorithmic transparency The CJEU's recent ruling emphasizes the GDPR's demand for algorithmic transparency in automated decisions, challenging companies to explain their logic. The decision also shows the difficulty of balancing such transparency with trade secret protection. Developments in Sustainable Finance: the role of the Sustainability Coordinator The rise of sustainability-linked loans in the syndicated loan markets draws the attention to the role of the Sustainability Coordinator, which plays a key role in loan transactions. Structural sustainability cannot be enforced through liability In her inaugural lecture at Leiden University on 22 March, Branda Katan spoke about enforcing sustainability through liability. The number of civil cases against companies is expected to increase in the coming years. Auke-Frank Tadema Associate Amsterdam Stibbe Tech Seminar During our Stibbe Tech seminar on Thursday 13 November we will explore the latest developments in the European AI landscape, including AI autonomy, regulatory trends and best practices for compliance strategies. Stibbe successfully represents EY in a class action regarding Airbus In a landmark judgment of 23 December, the Appeal Court of The Hague ruled that the claims of a claim foundation brought against Airbus, its former directors and its external auditor are inadmissible. Netherlands propose nature permit-free status for sustainability upgrades The government wants to exclude sustainability from the permit requirement for nitrogen emissions. But in some cases, this is already possible. How does that work? In this blog, we discuss the proposal and its practical implications. The amended EUDR: what has changed and what has remained? In this blog, we discuss some changes to the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products ("EUDR") that came into force on 26 December 2025 through Regulation 2025/2650 – even before the EUDR was due to become applicable today, 30 December 2025. Zafar Shaikhli Associate Amsterdam Lotte Paijmans Associate Amsterdam Pagination Previous page Page 16 Page 17 Current page 18 Page 19 Next page
EU merger guidelines review: catching up with the times? A potential major overhaul of EU merger control review began on 8 May 2025. Time for stakeholders to speak up about whether and particularly how the European Commission should incorporate wider strategic or societal objectives into its merger assessments.
The Commission’s ‘killer’ pharma campaign: reason to complain? The European Commission is on the prowl in the pharma sector. Recent cases on alleged disparagement and pipeline drugs-killings show that it is not afraid to show its teeth and, ultimately, bite.
Digital antitrust conduct: too elusive to catch? The ink on the Digital Market Act has barely dried, but fast-evolving digital developments already have competition authorities calling for new tools. Is Big Tech not kept in check by the DMA, the antitrust rules and the EU Merger Regulation after all?
Get ready for more action! Dutch investment screening continues to evolve Dutch investment screening is rapidly expanding: since June, the proposal for a separate defence regime has been published and the intended expansion of the regime of the Vifo Act to include AI and biotech has been announced. Reason for a quick update!
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.
CSRD & CSDDD: Recent European Developments in Sustainability In recent years, the EU has considerably strengthened its legal arsenal around sustainability by imposing requirements on companies to assess, prevent, and mitigate the negative impact of their activities on human rights and the environment.
Gegevensbescherming in faillissement: uitdagingen voor de curator In faillissement dient rechtmatig omgegaan te worden met persoonsgegevens. In de praktijk leidt dat tot uitdagingen voor de curator.
More sustainability and more investments: what European industry can expect from the Clean Industrial Deal The European Commission wants to make European industry more competitive with the Clean Industrial Deal. This strategy should help the industry. In this blog we will explain how and when this will happen.
CJEU confirms “right of explanation” in battle between trade secrets and algorithmic transparency The CJEU's recent ruling emphasizes the GDPR's demand for algorithmic transparency in automated decisions, challenging companies to explain their logic. The decision also shows the difficulty of balancing such transparency with trade secret protection.
Developments in Sustainable Finance: the role of the Sustainability Coordinator The rise of sustainability-linked loans in the syndicated loan markets draws the attention to the role of the Sustainability Coordinator, which plays a key role in loan transactions.
Structural sustainability cannot be enforced through liability In her inaugural lecture at Leiden University on 22 March, Branda Katan spoke about enforcing sustainability through liability. The number of civil cases against companies is expected to increase in the coming years.
Stibbe Tech Seminar During our Stibbe Tech seminar on Thursday 13 November we will explore the latest developments in the European AI landscape, including AI autonomy, regulatory trends and best practices for compliance strategies.
Stibbe successfully represents EY in a class action regarding Airbus In a landmark judgment of 23 December, the Appeal Court of The Hague ruled that the claims of a claim foundation brought against Airbus, its former directors and its external auditor are inadmissible.
Netherlands propose nature permit-free status for sustainability upgrades The government wants to exclude sustainability from the permit requirement for nitrogen emissions. But in some cases, this is already possible. How does that work? In this blog, we discuss the proposal and its practical implications.
The amended EUDR: what has changed and what has remained? In this blog, we discuss some changes to the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products ("EUDR") that came into force on 26 December 2025 through Regulation 2025/2650 – even before the EUDR was due to become applicable today, 30 December 2025.