The European Commission recently revised its Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements.

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Investments by foreign investors, whose ultimate beneficial owners are located outside the European Union, have been under significant scrutiny for the past decade.

The legal tech landscape has grown significantly in recent years, making it challenging for company lawyers to keep track of the available tools and solutions.

The legal tech landscape has grown significantly in recent years, making it challenging for in-house lawyers to keep track of the available tools and solutions.

In the ever-evolving landscape of legal practice, one topic has taken center stage with great attention: Artificial Intelligence (AI). At Vialegis, we've been at the forefront of exploring the intersection of law and technology, recognizing the transformative potential AI holds for legal departments worldwide.

While the AI Act has garnered significant attention, the European Cyber Resilience Act (‘CRA’) passed the first legislative hurdle on the same date with much less fanfare.

The EU has recently adopted the AI Act, in full called the “Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence act) and amending certain union legislative acts”.

On 1 February 2024, the draft Act introducing Book 6 of the New Civil Code on extra-contractual liability (tort law) was approved in  Parliament. It is expected that the new Book 6 will enter into effect on 1 January 2025.

The EU has recently adopted the AI Act, in full called the “Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence act) and amending certain union legislative acts”.

On 15 April 2024, the directive amending the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD II) entered into force.

The European Whistleblower Directive was transposed into Belgian legislation end of 2022 (Act of 28 November 2022 on the protection of reporters of breaches of Union or national law established within a legal entity in the private sector).

On June 20, 2023, the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy published a Joint Communication on the European Economic Security Strategy.

Leverage technology in your legal department to elevate your team's efficiency and strategic impact.

With the recent approval of the AI Act by the European Parliament in mid-March, it is crucial to start thinking about the impact of AI systems (and the AI Act) on your organisation and to implement contractual safeguards when entering into agreements concerning AI systems.