Legislation extending existing measures to combat financial and economic crime entered into force on 1 January 2015.

Dulijon and Sander argue in this article that a creditor's statutory duty to complain about defective performance should not apply to claims by a company/trustee against a director based on section 2:9 Civil Code.

During the financial crisis and the following years, the number of IPOs in the Netherlands was limited.

Ruud Hermans discusses the advantages of the foundation of a Netherlands Commercial Court (‘NCC'), a special court which can settle major international and domestic commercial disputes...

Human resources managers and politicians are gearing up for one of the largest labour issues of the moment: demotion. Is it an overrated measure or is it an inconvenient truth of the current labour market?

Energy law in brief lists recent developments in Dutch and European. energy law (in Dutch only).

Energy law in brief lists recent developments in Dutch and European energy law (in Dutch only).

Energy law in brief lists recent developments in Dutch and European. energy law (in Dutch only).

The consultation report on the draft bill amending the Electricity Act and Gas Act (STROOM) was recently published.

A draft bill on the recovery and resolution of insurers was published for public consultation on 13 July 2016. Interested parties may respond to the draft bill until 28 August 2016.

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the AFM) have published a paper describing the next steps in facilitating an adequate supervisory approach...

One hardly needs the gift of prophecy to predict that there will be more amendments of financial markets laws in 2017.

From January 2016, dividends declared on an insurer's ordinary shares must be cancellable on a breach of the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) at any time up until payment...

On 4 April 2014, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled on Medinol v Abbott concerning the scope of protection of patents.

Bommel van der Bend and Samuel Vermeulen have contributed the Netherlands chapter to Global Arbitration Review’s ‘The European, Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2015′.

Daan Beenders, Andries Polkerman and Wouter Hofstee have written an article, published in "Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht", focusing on an issue that can be relevant in settlement discussions; ...

Since the US Supreme Court’s decision in Morrison v. National Australian Bank, the international relevance of Dutch law on class action settlements has increased.

Edward van Geuns, partner at De Brauw, opened by quoting Rogers and Stern's prediction in "Challenges to JCC Pricing in Asian LNG Markets", published in February 2014.

Against all odds, an appeals court in the US has ruled that whistleblowers who report misconduct internally are protected from retaliation under the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued new guidelines stating that the anti-retaliation provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act should also apply to staff who report misconduct internally.