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Amsterdam District Court: conviction of insider trading (Grolsch)

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

On 3 November 2010, the Amsterdam District Court ruled that a number of individuals were guilty of trading with knowledge of inside information on the public bid by SABMiller for Grolsch in 2007

Deliberation about legal privilege

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

The Ministry of Public Safety and Justice and the Ministry of Finance are currently deliberating with the Dutch Bar Association as to whether the professional privilege of lawyers can be curtailed under special circumstances

Rotterdam District Court convicts former Port of Rotterdam director

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

On 15 October 2010 the District Court of Rotterdam sentenced a former director of the Port of Rotterdam to a term of imprisonment of 12 months

Dutch Minister of Finance to examine legal privilege vis-à-vis financial markets regulators

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 30 2010

Recently, the Dutch Minister of Finance informed the Second Chamber of expected bills and his intentions in the area of financial markets

Court rules during Canon’s USD 1bn public offer for Dutch company Océ

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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August 26 2010

Japanese company Canon made a USD 1bn public offer for Dutch copier producer Océ, and announced it would replace four out of Océ’s six supervisory directors if the bid was successful

Recognition of a U.S. class action settlement in the Netherlands

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands, USA
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August 26 2010

A Dutch court recognised the judgment by a U.S. court approving a worldwide class action settlement under U.S. law, thereby barring class members who did not opt out from ever bringing a claim against the defendants anywhere in the world

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

State liability for foreign seizure of assets

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

On 18 September 2009, the Netherlands Supreme Court held that the State of the Netherlands (the "State") was liable for an unlawful governmental action in a criminal case, particularly in relation to the confiscation of proceeds of crime

Wiretap statistics

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

In September 2009, the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer; the "Second Chamber") referred questions to the Dutch Minister of Justice (the "Minister") regarding the information he provided on wiretapping statistics for the second half of 2007

New bill: stronger position of the examining magistrate

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Netherlands
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December 17 2009

A new bill entitled "Strengthening the position of the examining magistrate" (Wet versterking positie rechter-commissaris) has recently been submitted to the Dutch Parliament by the Dutch Minister of Justice

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