The entry into force of the new regulations regarding net neutrality has been postponed until 1 January 2013.

Helen Gornall and Marloes Wantenaar have written an article about the judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) - issued on 19 September 2024 - in Booking.com BV and Booking.com (Deutschland) GmbH v 25hours Hotel Company Berlin GmbH and Others. Helen and Marloes represented Booking.com in these proceedings.

It is being reported that a Russian national, who was formerly an employee of chip manufacturer ASML, and of Mapper Lithography...

The die is cast: European advertising law is going to change. Amendments to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive were approved by the European Council on 8 November 2019.

It's OK to use 'ad-speak' in advertising, certainly with cosmetics. Consumers are fully aware that they'll often see advertising hyperbole at work. But factual descriptions of effects have to be true.

Agreements are increasingly entered into via websites or by exchange of e-mails.

De Brauw has advised Home Box Office (HBO), the American premium cable television network owned by Time Warner, on creating a Dutch joint venture with Ziggo, one of the leading cable operators in the Netherlands.

The label for this product didn't mention the quantity of peanuts and hazelnuts, however. A good enough reason for Foodwatch to put in its complaint.

The Dutch Advertising Code Committee (Reclame Code Commissie, RCC), received a complaint about communications in a brochure and on the website of the Stichting Bewegen Zonder Pijn (SBZP).

Le 21 février 2024, la Cour d'Appel de Paris a rendu son verdict concernant la marque de négoce « Faute de grives je bois du merle ». Clin d'œil à l'adage, ou subtile moquerie.

Background of the proposal is the EC's Digital Agenda for Europe, in which EC Vice President Neelie Kroes set out the ambition to realise broadband access of 30 Mbps for all household by 2020, at least 50% of all households should have access to a speed of 100 Mbps.

The threshold is quite high under Dutch law: a director's liability is only assumed if the director can be seriously and personally blamed for infringing company acts. Yet this risk can be helpful...

In the autumn of 2016 the pride of the Netherlands, Max Verstappen, appeared in a television ad for Jumbo.

The Dutch Supreme Court recently answered preliminary questions (questions of interpretation of the law) about online shopping. The Supreme Court's answers in the two cases...

A television commercial for women's underwear by Dutch retail chain Zeeman shows women in underwear in all kinds of situations. Women's buttocks are prominently featured.

On 20 May 2013, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs introduced a proposed amendment on cookies for public consultation.

In February 2014, the Dutch Consumers' Association tested whites detergents. Lidl's brand Formil Ultra Plus came second ("Best in the test").

The complaints were targeted against the offer of baby food in a number of webshops.

The finest', ‘the most delicious', ‘the absolute best'. These are expressions you often see in advertisements. Advertisers are given a lot of leeway to use superlatives ...

What ingredients do you think are in the product below on the left? No, don't keep reading, I really want your opinion. Go on.