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December 21, 2023

The 5 major changes in Belgian pharma law of 2023

In this article, our pharma law experts look back and discuss five noteworthy developments in Belgian pharma law.

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December 20, 2023

X–60: What are your obligations?

In this newsflash, we list your obligations as employer on day x-60 of the Social Elections 2024.

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December 13, 2023

WEBINAR VIDEO | Help… am I still up-to-date with the current trends in labour law?

During this webinar, we guide you through 2023’s highlights, so that you can start 2024 well-prepared and fully-informed.

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December 5, 2023

WEBINAR VIDEO | Geographical Indications for craft and industrial products: navigating the new EU legal framework

During this webinar, Olivier Vrins and Bart Junior Bollen walk you through the new EU Regulation on GIs for craft and industrial products.

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December 4, 2023

Belgium’s Harmonic Discord on related rights

For the first time, the CJEU has been asked to clarify the temporal applicability of the right to “appropriate and proportionate remuneration” laid down in Article 18 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (“DSM Directive”).

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November 30, 2023

New (and final?) chapter in the Esko case: can share-related benefits granted by a foreign parent company now be paid without social security contributions?

In the Esko case regarding Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted by a US parent company to certain employees of its Belgian subsidiary, the Belgian Supreme Court overturned the Ghent Labour Court of Appeal’s decision of 20 April 2020.

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Belgium aims for hospitals to increase their biosimilars uptake

Despite many initiatives by the (former) Minister of Health, the uptake of biosimilars in Belgium has remained rather low. In this blog, we summarise the new rules, which apply since 2 October 2023.

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November 27, 2023

Is your company ready for the Whistleblowers Act?

In this blog, we focus on a number of practical points for attention that companies should take into account when setting up an internal reporting channel.

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November 10, 2023

Denouement in the “Belgian Towercast Case”: the Belgian Competition Authority terminates its proceedings against Proximus following the divestiture of EDPnet to Citymesh

On 6 November 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) announced that it had closed its investigation into a possible abuse of dominance by Proximus following the sale of EDPnet to Citymesh.

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The Belgian Competition Authority publishes a specific analytical framework for hospital concentrations

This article is an updated version of our previous article on the uncertainty regarding hospital merger control, focusing on the BCA’s decision of 28 June 2023.

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Help… am I still up-to-date with the current trends in labour law?

In the webinar, our team of experienced employment law experts will give a comprehensive overview of the most crucial developments that have shaped the employment law landscape over the past year.

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November 8, 2023

WEBINAR VIDEO | Digital Law Series #21: Keeping up with GDPR

During this Digital Law Series, Gerrit Vandendriessche and  Erika Ellyne discuss a mix of data protection news.

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