Carmen Verdonck and Jenna Auwerx from ALTIUS' Commercial Law team have contributed to the 2010 edition of 'Vertical Agreements', a volume in the Getting the Deal Through Series that deals with the regulation of distribution practices in 42 jurisdictions worldwide.
> Read moreThe Belgian Supreme Court has ruled that circumstances which were not reasonably foreseeable at the time of the conclusion of an agreement and which increase the burden of the agreement disproportionately, can, in certain circumstances, be considered as “an impediment” in the sense of Article 79 of the United Nations Convention on Contracs for the International Sale of Goods, signed in Vienna on 11 April 1980 (the “CISG”).
> Read moreIn Belgium, contracting agreements are subject to the Belgian Civil Code (‘BCC’) plus several other regulations. In this article, we briefly discuss five rules which foreign investors or principals may be surprised apply to Belgian contracting agreements. Make sure you avoid these pitfalls!
> Read moreOn May 25 2009 the Competition Council fined Proximus €66.3 million for abuse of a dominant position. The decision followed an investigation started in 2005 and a dawn raid of the Proximus headquarters in 2006.
> Read moreIn recent years parallel trade in the pharmaceutical sector has been a hot topic. On September 16 2008 the European Court of Justice published its eagerly anticipated judgment on the refusal to supply by dominant pharmaceutical companies in the Syfait II Case. Recently, the Belgian competition authorities have also addressed this subject when dismissing an appeal by Bofar, an exporter of pharmaceutical products.
> Read moreOn 23 April 2009, the European Court of Justice ruled that the Belgian general prohibition on joint offers to consumers is incompatible with the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.
> Read moreOn 19 March, the fourth annual Belgian Legal Awards were held, an event that rewards the most successful law firms and in-house lawyers in Belgium. For the third year in a row, ALTIUS succeeded in bringing home the IP, IT and TMT award, prolonging its status as market leader in the field of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Media & Telecommunications law.
> Read moreThis updated edition examines the regulation of distribution practices in jurisdictions worldwide.
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