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Brussels Court of Appeal rules that legal professional privilege applies to in-house counsel

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium
  • -
  • March 19 2013

On 5 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal delivered a judgment finding that, under Belgian law, in-house counsel are covered by legal

The legality of ordering ISPs to install filtering and blocking systems to protect IP rights

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union
  • -
  • May 31 2011

In Scarlet Extended SA v Société Belge des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs C-7010, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given his opinion on whether it is lawful for a national court to impose an order on an internet service provider (ISP) to make in impossible for its customers to send or receive, by means of peer-to-peer software, particular music files

FIFA and UEFA v Commission: UK's designation of the World Cup and European championships as listed events held compatible with EU law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 31 2011

The Television without Frontiers Directive (89552EEC as amended by 200765EC)now renamed as and amended by the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (200765EC)lays down the framework conditions in which the public may be guaranteed free access to the broadcast of events of major importance to society

Tax deductibility of Commission fines for antitrust infringements: Dutch courts enter the debate

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, Netherlands
  • -
  • March 18 2010

On 23 June 2009 the Antwerp Court of Appeal ruled that Article 53,6 of the Belgian Income Tax Code allowed fines for antitrust law infringements to be deducted from a company's taxable income

Belgian court rules in favour of tax deductibility of European Commission fines for antitrust infringements

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium
  • -
  • October 26 2009

On 23 June 2009 the Antwerp Court of Appeal ruled that European Commission fines for antitrust infringements are administrative rather than criminal fines and so can be deducted from profits for corporate income tax purposes under Article 53, 6 of the Belgian Income Tax Code (and consequently, any resulting losses can be carried forward indefinitely

Community Trade Mark oppositions based on national SPA marks: relevant public

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
  • -
  • June 1 2009

In L’Oréal SA v OHIM T-2107 and L’Oréal SA v OHIM2009 T-10907 (unreported), L’Oréal was prevented from registering SPALINE and SPA THERAPY as Community Trade Marks (CTM) for cosmetic products

Commission opens infringement procedure against Belgium with regard to notional interest deduction

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union
  • -
  • February 20 2009

In early 2000, the European Union obliged Belgium to gradually abolish its coordination centre tax regime, which was attracting many foreign investors to Belgium, on the grounds that it was a form of unlawful tax competition between EU Member States

Annulment of Commission decision approving capital injection of Eur 297.5 million for La Poste

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union
  • -
  • February 13 2009

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has annulled the European Commission's decision under EU State aid rules not to raise any objections to Belgium's notification of a proposal to increase the capital of the public undertaking responsible for its universal postal operator, La Poste

Commission sues cartel participants for damages

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union
  • -
  • June 27 2008

In the middle of its consultation on civil damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules, the European Commission has decided to set a good example by filing cases with the Tribunal de Commerce in Brussels against four companies, who were fined a total of EUR 992 million in February 2007 for having operated cartels for the installation and maintenance of lifts and escalators in several EU Member States

Confidentiality or disclosurewho is a better mate for competition and fair play?

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union
  • -
  • March 31 2008

The case in question was a reference by Belgium’s Conseil d’Etat to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling