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Loyens & Loeff
On 17 February 2024, the EU Digital Services Act became fully applicable to online intermediaries and platforms (online marketplaces, social networks, content-sharing platforms, etc.) operating in Europe.
Altius
2023 began with the end of Jacques Steenbergen's mandate as president of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) on 31 January 2023, after 15 years as the head of the BCA. Unfortunately...
Altius
On 6 November 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") announced that it had closed its investigation into a possible abuse of dominance by Proximus following the sale of EDPnet to Citymesh.
Agio Legal
Smart homes, smart cars, smart health, smart wearables, smart banking, etc. Everything around us is gaining a "smart" element. Definitions on the Internet-of-Things (IoT) are plentiful...
Alston & Bird
Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications ("Telecom Act"), implementing the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC), as amended on 21 December 2021...
Belgian Competition And Telecoms Authorities Disagree Over Acquisition Of Mobile Vikings By Proximus
Bird & Bird
The BIPT later also intervened as an interested third party and participated in an oral hearing.
Hogan Lovells
Operators have been having issues in relation to non-responsive owners of multi-let buildings where the Operator's customer occupies part of the building as a tenant.
Hogan Lovells
Challengers can reach scale seemingly overnight, forcing market change at a similar speed. Established business models are upended,
Jones Day
The decision is subject to the conditions that the data is sufficiently aggregated and that underlying data is not used in the process.
Van Bael & Bellis
On 17 December 2014, the Commercial Court of Brussels handed down a judgment regarding comparative advertising of Mobistar with regard to the supposed quality of its 4G mobile network.
Van Bael & Bellis
On 22 January 2015, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie / Cour de cassation) partially set aside a judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal on the limitation period applicable to investigative measures in competition cases.
European Union
Jones Day
The European Commission has presented three initiatives to transform the connectivity sector on 23 February 2023 (the "Connectivity Package").
Agio Legal
This week, the EU Member States approved the conclusions of the Council of the EU to strengthen the overall resilience and (cyber)security of ICT supply chains.
Agio Legal
Recognizing the severe consequences of cyberthreats, the EU has been working continuously on its cybersecurity policy since the proposal for the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS)...
Van Bael & Bellis
Non-compete clauses are commonly used in the context of the acquisition of a business to protect a purchaser's investment.
Van Bael & Bellis
On 7 June 2017, Justice Birss of the English High Court of Justice issued a "FRAND" injunction against Huawei in its longstanding licensing dispute pitting it against Unwired Planet, a US based patent assertion entity.
Van Bael & Bellis
In 2002, FT, a public limited company, was facing serious financial difficulties.
Van Bael & Bellis
On 11 May 2016, the European Commission ("Commission") prohibited the proposed acquisition of Telefónica's O2 by Hutchison's Three under the EU Merger Regulation.
Van Bael & Bellis
In this case, T-Mobile was a direct competitor of Hutchison and Orange.
Hogan Lovells
A Hogan Lovells study comparing regulatory requirements in the European Union, China, and the United States shows the complexity and uncertainty of the regulatory framework relevant to Internet of Things (IoT) in Europe.
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