Cartographie Legisway des Directions Juridiques 2025 : budgets, IA, externalisation… Les chiffres à connaître
La Cartographie des Directions juridiques 2025, réalisée par Wolters Kluwer, repose sur une enquête menée auprès de plus de 700 directions juridiques en Europe et aux États-Unis. Elle offre une vision claire et chiffrée des défis, priorités et évolutions du métier de juriste d’entreprise.
From Regulatory Uncertainty to Rollback – What’s Next for ESG in the EU?
Current ESG Regulatory Landscape Since the start of 2025, we’ve observed a significant shift in the EU ESG regulatory landscape—from uncertainty to rollback. Although the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into application in 2024 and has already been transposed…
Mise en œuvre de l’accord de gouvernement (2025-2029)
Quelles sont les mesures attendues pour cet été ? Dans son accord de gouvernement du 31 janvier dernier, le gouvernement Arizona exposait plusieurs réformes structurelles notamment dans le domaine du marché du travail, des pensions et de la fiscalité. Dans le…
La directive européenne 2025/25 modernise les processus des entreprises en Belgique et dans l’UE
La directive européenne 2025/25 préfigure un avenir numérique et plus transparent pour le droit des sociétés. Elle simplifie la création et la gestion des sociétés et encourage la coopération transfrontalière. La Belgique doit transposer la directive en droit national d’ici…
From eIDAS 1.0 to 2.0: a legal cornerstone securing the digitalisation of organisations
Digitalisation is crucial for undertakings and organisations. The call for it has been around for a while but was brought even more prominently onto the agenda during and after the COVID-19 crisis. The latter raised questions such as: how can we sign electronically whilst preserving, to the greatest extent possible, equivalence with a wet ink signature? And can documents be maintained in electronic format only?
7 steps to identify if your AI system is high-risk under the AI Act.
The new kid on the block in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is the AI agent, an autonomous system capable of analysing situations, making independent decisions and performing tasks without human intervention. AI agents don’t need a new prompt each time they generate a response. They get a high-level task, and figure out how to complete it. While their capabilities offer significant opportunities, the autonomy inherent in AI agents also poses significant legal challenges.
Insertion of Book 7 « Special Contracts » into the new Civil Code
On 6 December 2024, a significant new law regulating private investigations in Belgium was published, marking a substantial update to the outdated law of 19 July 1991.
The Belgian Competition Authority Steps Up Its Merger Control and Cartel Enforcement Activities
Under its new leadership, the Belgian Competition Authority is increasing its enforcement activities and launched a number of initiatives and investigations that put it at the forefront of competition law developments in the European Union.
Programme Act: Parental leave for long-term foster care as from July 2025
The legislative proposal for the federal Programme Act was introduced last week in the federal parliament and is expected to be voted on this month. One of the only employment law matters included in this first big reform of the…
Contrats anno 2025 : depuis le 1er janvier 2025, les contrats existants et les nouveaux contrats doivent faire l’objet d’une vigilance accrue
Ce texte a été généré par GenIA-L, l’outil d’IA générative de Larcier-Intersentia, puis légèrement modifié Conseil n° 1 : Soyez conscient de l’impact du Livre 5 des Obligations, en vigueur depuis le 1er janvier 2023. Le Livre 5 a des implications importantes pour les contrats…
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening in Belgium: two years in and the upcoming change of the EU framework
As of 1 July 2023, foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening has become an essential checkpoint for transactions involving foreign (non-EU) investors. With the European Parliament recently voting in favour of a reform of the European FDI framework aimed at strengthening…
Multiple Voting Shares in Belgian Listed Companies – Reform Proposal Published
Belgian companies listed on a regulated market (such as, in Belgium, Euronext Brussels) or a multilateral trading facility (MTF, such as, in Belgium, Euronext Growth or Euronext Access) are currently prohibited from issuing multiple voting shares. However, they may adopt…
Six compétences essentielles pour le juriste d’entreprise de demain
Le monde juridique est en pleine mutation. La technologie, et plus particulièrement l’intelligence artificielle, change fondamentalement la manière dont nous fournissons des services juridiques. Parallèlement, le rôle du juriste d’entreprise a évolué ces dernières années : d’un gardien du droit…
Médiation des litiges informatiques
In de context van toenemende digitalisering, cloud computing en AI-integratie worden IT-geschillen steeds complexer en internationaler. Bedrijven die vandaag betrokken raken in een conflict over software, SaaS-diensten, IT-outsourcing of beschikbaarheid van bedrijfsdata, ondervinden dat de traditionele gerechtelijke procedure vaak te traag en te technisch beperkt is.
Compensation laid down in the employment contract can be considered as remuneration, even if it is not directly linked to the performance of work for the employer
On 24 March 2025, the Belgium Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) issued an important ruling regarding the classification of contractually agreed-upon compensations as wage, even if they are not directly linked to the work for the employer. Such compensations are recognized as “wages,” even when they are not directly linked to actual work performed.