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A new financial penalty regime for companies and management

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

On 23 June 2009, the "fourth tranche" of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht) was adopted by the Dutch Parliament

Guideline on Investigation and Prosecution of Bankruptcy Fraud

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

On 1 March 2009, the Guideline on Investigation and Prosecution of Bankruptcy Fraud (Aanwijzing opsporing en vervolging faillissementsfraude; the "Guideline") entered into force

Safeguarding attorney-client privilege: tapping conversations between clients and their lawyers

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

In September 2008, at the annual convention of the Netherlands Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten), the chairman of the Board of Procurators General discussed the relationship between the Public Prosecution Service and the Bar in relation to the tapping of telephone conversations between lawyers and their clients

Guideline on the confiscation of proceeds from crime

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

On 1 March 2009, the new Dutch Guideline on the Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime (the "Guideline") entered into force, replacing the former 2005 Guideline

Amendment of the Economic Offences Act

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
  • -
  • July 3 2009

Based on Dutch law, certain violations of inter alia securities and corporate law rules qualify as criminal offences

Market abuse case law: the VHS matter

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
  • -
  • July 3 2009

On 3 April 2009, the Amsterdam District Court delivered its decision in the VHS case

Protection of press informants

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

On 29 October 2008, the Dutch Minister of Justice presented a bill on the protection of informants of journalists in criminal proceedings (Wet bronbescherming in strafzaken

National plan to combat real estate fraud

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

An increasing number of real estate fraud cases came to light in 2008

New bill: Experts in criminal cases

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

The bill entitled "Experts in criminal cases" (Wet deskundigen in strafzaken, adopted on 3 February 2009) sets requirements for reliability and competence of court-appointed experts

Inadmissibility of Public Prosecution Office

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Netherlands
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  • December 17 2009

On 7 October 2009, the Amsterdam District Court declared the Public Prosecution Office (Openbaar Ministerie) inadmissible in the prosecution of 16 suspects in a drugs-related case