Allianz SE has agreed to pay USD 12,396,423 to settle charges of violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

The European Commission recently revised its explanatory note on dawn raids to clarify that employees' personal devices and media can be searched during raids.

Nieuwsbrief Mededingingsrecht, our competition newsletter listing the most recent developments in competition law, has been renamed Competition kort and will from now on appear every two weeks.

Don’t bank on the Transparency Regulation to give you access to the Commission’s confidential cartel files to substantiate your civil damages claims.

As of 1 November, new accounting rules apply to the annual financial reporting of Dutch entities.

According to het Financieel Dagblad of 20 January 2016, the Federation of the Dutch Pension Funds is looking at a new pension system that combines "individual savings" with "collective risk sharing".

The Second Chamber of the Dutch parliament recently adopted the Offshore Wind Energy Bill.

New legislation for companies that use hazardous substances entered into force on 8 July 2015. The aim of the new Risks of Major Accidents Decree (Brzo 2015) is to prevent major accidents.

This draft decree contains the implementing regulations on the amendment of the draft Electricity Act and Gas Act (STROOM) and includes both existing and new provisions.

Our Energierecht Nieuwsbrief, which lists recent developments in Dutch and European energy law, has been merged into In context.

New regulation for companies that use hazardous substances will enter into force on 1 June 2015.

New regulation for companies that use hazardous substances will enter into force on 1 June 2015.

The STROOM bill is moving ahead, but we're not there yet. Last week, the Second Chamber of the Dutch parliament again discussed this bill, which amends and merges the Electricity Act and the Gas Act.

The European Commission is holding a consultation on crowdfunding to explore how crowdfunding could be promoted.

The Dutch Supreme Court recently ruled that a purchaser who has acquired a good subject to retention of title can establish a pledge on that good, which is unaffected by the purchaser's bankruptcy.

Innovation and intellectual property rights ("IP") are sometimes referred to as the motor of modern economy.

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.

Prof. dr. Lokke Moerel delivered the lecture "Big data protection. How to make the draft EU regulation on data protection future proof".

British Prime Minister Theresa May has served the UK's formal notice under Article 50, triggering exit negotiations with the EU.

Chief Justice Menon announced the launch of the Asia Business Law Institute at the Singapore Academy of Law conference on 21 January 2016.