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The European Commission publicised its report on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation. The Report marks a further step towards a potential new recast of the Regulation.

In January 2025, the French Football Federation (FFF) successfully opposed an EU trademark depicting a highly stylised rooster similar to its distinctive logo.

The work council (the WC) has the right to give its advice on certain important financial, economic, and/or business organizational (envisaged) decisions listed in Article 25 of the Dutch Works Councils Act (WCA).

Het Amerikaanse bedrijf Morning Star International Corporation (MSI) diende een verzoek in om conservatoir derdenbeslag te mogen leggen ten laste van de republiek Gabon.

The Safe Harbor arrangement for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US will not hold long in its current form.

André Gaastra en Maria Bouwman van NewGround Law bespreken de nieuwste ontwikkelingen rondom het Didam-arrest.

International patent disputes are on the rise. In this context, European companies are increasingly likely to be involved in foreign proceedings, particularly in common law countries such...

La décision T0232/23 de la chambre de recours réaffirme que les corrections d'erreurs matérielles dans une demande de brevet doivent être évidentes pour l'homme du métier, conformément à la règle 139 CBE et aux principes de la grande chambre G11/91.

Tot 1 januari 2018 kenden de beroepsgroepen advocatuur, notariaat en gerechtsdeurwaarders verschillende regelingen voor (i) de kosten van toezicht en tuchtrechtspraak en ...

De vervuiler betaalt (dachten we altijd). Nee, voor bodemverontreinigingen die vóór 1987 zijn ontstaan (de zogenoemde ‘historische verontreinigingen') gaat dat uitgangspunt allang niet meer op.

Charles van Rijckevorsel and Sofie Happe of NewGround Law discuss the long-awaited answer from the Supreme Court to questions about rent reduction for 290 business spaces during the corona crisis.

In its ruling of 14 October 2024, the Court of Appeal at Arnhem-Leeuwarden (the Court of Appeal) further elaborated on the scope of the employer's...

Op 9 september 2025 heeft het Gerechtshof Arnhem-Leeuwarden (hierna: het hof) een arrest gewezen waarin een eerdere veroordeling...

The Amsterdam District Court has drafted preliminary questions for the CJEU regarding the validity of rent indexation clauses in Dutch residential leases that combine CPI-based increases with additional surcharges. These questions seek to clarify whether such combined mechanisms comply with EU consumer protection law, particularly concerning transparency, foreseeability, and fairness to tenants.

In real estate sales transactions, things can sometimes go wrong. More frequently the Dutch courts have to get involved.

The European Court of Justice issued a ruling on the VAT exemption for investment fund management on 9 December 2015.

In its 20 November 2025 ruling, France's Douai Court of Appeal reinforced the strict interpretation of the author's exclusive right to exploit their work.

Does the use of a trademark in a connected sector constitute genuine use of that mark? What if that mark in differing forms? Florence Chapin outlines a recent EU General Court ruling that provides some answers.