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On 11 December 2018, the Senate approved the bill for the new international trade chamber of the Amsterdam District Court, known as the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC), and the Netherlands Commercial Court of Appeal (NCCA).

Deze jaarlijks verschijnende kroniek vat een aantal belangrijke uitspraken samen die door het Europese Hof van Justitie (Hof) zijn gewezen op het gebied van het aanbestedingsrecht in de tweede helft van 2017 en de eerste helft van 2018. Kronieken van voor

There is no time like the present for companies to give their staff an opportunity to brush up on their responsibilities so they know what to do during dawn raids.

On 28 November 2018, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a discussion on excessive pricing by pharmaceutical companies, which is a hot topic in enforcement practice throughout Europe.

In his letter of 22 November 2018 (the “Letter”), the Dutch State Secretary of Finance outlines the revised Dutch ruling practice for tax rulings with an international character (“international tax rulings”), aimed to become effective as from 1 July 2019.

Further to the several tax proposals released by the Dutch government on Budget Day last September (the 'Proposals' –  see also our Tax Alerts of 20 September 2018 and 16 October 2018), on 15 November 2018 the Lower House of Parliament has adopted the 201

Bij arrest nr. 148/2018 van 8 november 2018 oordeelt het Hof dat artikel 2244, § 1, derde lid, van het Burgerlijk Wetboek, in zoverre het tot gevolg heeft dat enkel de door de Raad van State gewezen vernietigingsarresten een verjaringsstuitende werking he

De werkgever zegt de arbeidsovereenkomst op na daarvoor toestemming te hebben gekregen van het UWV. De werkneemster klaagt – onder andere – dat in feite sprake was van een verstoorde arbeidsverhouding.

In deze annotatie bij de uitspraak van de Rechtbank Midden-Nederland op 13 augustus 2018 gaat Astrid Helstone in op de vraag welke maatstaf moet worden aangelegd voor het wel of niet meerekenen van een looncomponent of afdracht van premies voor het WNT.

On 24 October 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that a choice of forum clause in a contract between Apple and eBizcuss, a former reseller of Apple products, may apply to abuse of dominance claims.

Companies are well advised to carefully read the 2014 Procedure for the inspection of digital data (2014 Procedure) before the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) comes knocking.

The Rotterdam District Court recently clarified that the date of news coverage of a European Commission dawn raid will not set off the limitation period for a cartel damages claim if it is not clear to the potential cartel victim that [...].

Companies should beware that when held jointly responsible for a cartel infringement, a fine reduction granted to one of them could affect the joint and several liability of fines allocated to the remaining companies.

Companies participating in a franchise agreement are advised to carefully assess possible competition law concerns, particularly if the franchisees are (potential) competitors.

Further to the several tax proposals released by the Dutch government on Budget Day last month (see our Tax Alert of 20 September 2018), on 15 October the Dutch State Secretary of Finance sent a letter to the Dutch parliament containing a reconsideration