Legal Affairs

A lowest price guarantee is commercially powerful, but must not be misleading: too many hidden thresholds and exceptions make the guarantee unfair and can lead to complaints to the ACM or the...

You protect a trade secret in two ways: the Trade Secrets Protection Act offers statutory protection, and you can take measures yourself such as confidentiality agreements, access restrictions, and security. Crucially, the information...

A handwritten agreement is perfectly legally valid — even an agreement on a beer mat can constitute a binding contract. After all, there are no formal requirements for most agreements: they come into being...

The European Court of Justice ruled on 22 November 2022 that the public accessibility of the UBO register violates the fundamental right to privacy and the protection of personal data. The...

A right of way is an easement: the right to cross the land of another (the servient tenement) for the benefit of your own land (the dominant tenement).

The holidays bring not only gifts, but also legal lessons. Around Christmas, predictably recurring issues come into play: liability at a company party, dismissal and employment around the holidays, and hassle regarding...

A Christmas hamper for your staff can remain tax-free, provided it falls within the Work-related Costs Scheme (WKR). For packages to customers and suppliers, specific rules regarding business gifts apply. With these...

You may often deviate from the law in an agreement — but not always. It depends on the type of rule. You may deviate from regulatory (supplementary) law by agreement;...

If you offer an API (Application Programming Interface), establish sound API terms and conditions. These regulate who may use the API under what conditions, liability, availability, usage...

You do not need to provide your general terms and conditions again with every transaction. Once you have legally declared them applicable and provided them, and they remain...