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CJEU accepts employer’s prohibition of religious signs in the workplace, if based on a genuine need

Not a day goes by without a climate litigation being in the news somewhere in the world.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, employees were required to work from home in large numbers. Even companies that did not necessarily intend to introduce telework, have been able to experience its effects.

Constitutional Court does not allow the infinite use of successive short term employment contracts and replacement contracts

In our previous blog, we reminded company lawyers that controllers should notify the competent data protection authority (DPA) without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after becoming aware of a personal data breach, unless the breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of the affected individuals (the “data subjects”).

Class and mass claims challenges by Freshfields: Exploring jurisdiction and sector risks and trends

European Commission policy change: transactions below merger filing thresholds no longer safe from scrutiny

A comprehensive survey of in-house legal operations departments.

Registered trade marks may be declared invalid when the holder was acting in bad faith at the time of filing the application.

By now (2021), most companies are familiar with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the (main) obligations imposed by it. Yet, we notice that companies are still facing specific issues and challenges regarding them, such as, for example, in the context of an acquisition of shares of a company.

In light of the COVID19-pandemic, the government announced it would support the construction business as soon as it took office in 2020. It combined that support with other goals, such as preventing dwellings from becoming too expensive for the most vulnerable people and replacing old energy-consuming housing by more energy-efficient dwellings and thus coming closer to its environmental goals.

With that in mind, the Belgian government introduced a 6pct rate applicable to the sale or building of a new dwelling on a plot of land where an old building or buildings have been demolished. The measure is entered into force on 1 January 2021 and is applicable until the end of 2022.