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SOCIAL ELECTIONS ARE COMING CLOSER
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postal voting, final modifications to candidate lists
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In recent case law, the question was raised whether, with respect to the distribution of the number of mandates per category of employees, one must take into account the temporary workers. At least two contradictory court decisions have been rendered until now.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that the indemnity for protection against dismissal for employee representatives can be cumulated with an indemnity for employment security which is due on the basis of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) concluded at the level of a branch of industry.
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Judgment on copyright protection of football league fixture lists (C-604/10)
On 1 March 2012, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) delivered its judgment in the Football
Data Co case (C-604/10).
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On day X+35 at the latest, the candidate lists must be given to the employer. These lists will have to be posted up by the employer on day X+40 at the latest. Thereafter, the employer has some time to dispute the lists if he wishes.
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the determination of the number of mandates?
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Companies often use colours to promote their products, applying them to goods and
packaging and using them in advertisements and point of sale displays. Colours may
become a powerful corporate tool, especially when they are registered as trademarks
in relation to the company's goods.
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In November 2007, Bertil Bengtsson was appointed to make an examination
concerning the Consumer Services Act. In the memorandum he presented
in conjunction with that examination, he concluded that the Consumer
Services Act should not contain any rules on lease of movable property
since lease of movable property does not legally constitute a service.
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Between the 7th and the 20th of February 2012 lots of information needs to be dispersed. This implies that you are exactly 90 days away from the date of the election.
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Brussels, 15 May 2012 - Chambers and Partners, one of the world’s leading and most reputable legal directories, has crowned Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick with the Chambers Europe Award for Excellence. The award was presented to Philippe Malherbe, Liedekerke Senior Partner and Board Member, at the special awards ceremony held in Amsterdam on May 10, 2012.
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The ILO Client Choice Awards were launched in 2005 and have been awarded every year since then.
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are based on selections made by ILO from more than 2000 assessments of
individual lawyers made by senior corporate counsel around the world.
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Today, the new version of the Claeys Formula is revealed reflecting case
law awards in 2010. It gives a result that is slightly lower than that
of the 2008 version.
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Brussels, 19 October 2011 – ALTIUS has rethought the objective of its employment law team
and welcomes Philippe De Wulf as a new Partner on 1 October 2011, in what is now called the
“3D Employment Team”.
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Belgium is one of the few countries in the world with a specific legal
regime for the termination of certain distribution agreements, in
addition to a law on agency contracts. Alexander Hansebout insists on
the necessary hamonisation at European level.
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Following the succesful seminar on Plant Variety Rights law held by
ALTIUS on 27th May, Philippe de Jong and Geert Staring were interviewed
by the VILT- editorial team.
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In this guide various matters have been addressed such as the judicial
trademark system, lawyers, fees, prosecution, litigation&
enforcement and trademark agreements.
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Following the previous overview (covering 2003-2006), an update
for the period 2007-2010 has been published by Philippe de Jong,
Christophe Ronse and Olivier Vrins, in cooperation with Larcier.
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Brussels, 1 July 2011 – Philippe Vlaemminck joined the ALTIUS Partnership on 1 July
2011, where he will head the EU Regulatory and Trade practice group.
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Brussels, 29 June 2011 – Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick (Belgium) has just been named as the “Best Benelux Law Firm” of 2011 by the jury of the International Legal Alliance Summit Awards (ILASA).