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Awareness Campaign On Digital Services Act Launched By The Netherlands Authority For Consumers And Markets

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched an information campaign to raise awareness in respect of the rights users enjoy under the European Digital Services Act (DSA).

Netherlands Consumer

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Loyens & Loeff

Greenwashing: Liability And Litigation Risks In The Netherlands

Over the past decade, businesses have generally increased the use of green claims1 in their marketing materials as society's focus on topics such as sustainability and climate change has increased.

Netherlands Media & IT

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Loyens & Loeff

ESG Newsflash: Green Claims Directive Heading Towards Its End?

The EU institutions are no longer continuing with the negotiations to find an agreement on the proposal for a Green Claims Directive, following a series of announcements...

European Union Environment

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Loyens & Loeff

De Strijd Tegen Namaak: Inzichten Uit Het USTR Rapport

De Amerikaanse organisatie Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) geeft in het rapport "2024 Review of Notorious Counterfeit Markets"...

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Novagraaf Group

Productveiligheid en -aansprakelijkheid – Europese ontwikkelingen

European Union Consumer

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Buren

Duurzaamheidsclaims In De Levensmiddelensector: Helaas Pindakaas!

Netherlands Healthcare

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Taylor Wessing

Sustainability Claims In The Food Industry

Netherlands Healthcare

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Taylor Wessing

ACM Starts Enforcement Of Sustainability Claims In Food Sector

Netherlands Healthcare

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Price Information Hidden In The Small Print

Netherlands Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The New Product Liability Directive: What Do You Need To Know

Netherlands Consumer

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Buren

Balancing Rationality And Reality: Insights From The CJEU's Compass Banca Judgment

European Union Consumer

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Court Of Justice Clarifies Discount Communication

Netherlands Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Preliminary Questions On Online Shopping: What Does The Dutch Supreme Court Say?

Netherlands Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Dutch Airline Found To Have Breached EU Law And Misled Consumers With Vague Sustainability Advertisements

Netherlands Transport

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McCann Fitzgerald

International Employment Law Podcast Series - The Netherlands (Podcast)

Netherlands Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Dutch Budget Day 2025: Energy And Environment

Netherlands Energy

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Loyens & Loeff

Fine For Failure To Provide Regulator With Sanctions Compliance Information Reduced On Appeal

Netherlands International

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Duane Morris LLP

Greenwashing et droit des marques : un usage encadré juridiquement

European Union IP

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Novagraaf Group

Microsoft's Commitments On Its Teams Tool Accepted By European Commission

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Loyens & Loeff

De Aansluit- En Transportplicht Van TenneT Bij Een Interconnector

Partijen die een geschil hebben met de netbeheerder over de wijze waarop deze zijn taken en bevoegdheden op grond van de Elektriciteitswet 1998 ("E-wet") uitoefent kunnen een dergelijk geschil voorleggen aan de Autoriteit Consument en Markt ("ACM").

Netherlands Energy

TRIP Advocaten Notarissen

TenneT's Connection And Transportation Obligation Involving An Interconnector

Parties who have a dispute with the system operator on how the system operator exercises its duties and powers under the Electricity Act 1998 ("E-Act") can submit such a dispute to the Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM").

Netherlands Energy

TRIP Advocaten Notarissen

Playing It Straight – Video Games And Online Choice Architecture

Kachenka Pribanova, Maarten Rijks and Annemijn Schipper look at regulatory scrutiny of harmful online choice architecture in the UK and the EU.

European Union Media & IT

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Taylor Wessing

Cable Poolen Met Batterij Afgeschoten… Of Toch Niet?

Op 13 februari 2024 heeft de Eerste Kamer het wetsvoorstel voor de afbouw van de salderingsregeling verworpen. Dat wetsvoorstel ging echter niet alleen...

Netherlands Energy

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Loyens & Loeff

Europe, The First Fully Climate-neutral Continent – Wish Or Necessity?

European Union Environment

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ACG International

Komt Er Een Stopknop Bij Alle Online Verkoop?

Netherlands Finance

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DMCC Group

Fake Reviews; Really Misleading

Netherlands Media & IT

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Hoogenraad & Haak advocaten

ACC Provides Legal Background On '0.0'

Netherlands Media & IT

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Hoogenraad & Haak advocaten

Chewing Gum Argument: Natural Gum Or Not?

Netherlands Media & IT

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Hoogenraad & Haak advocaten

The Netherlands Authority For Consumers And Markets (ACM) - RTL's Takeover Of Media Company Talpa Leads To Dominant Position

Netherlands Consumer

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Nazali

Authority For Consumers & Markets Proposes A New Take On Fairness And Efficiency To Combat The Effects Of Climate Change

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Competition Authorities Hold The Key To Avoid The Drastic Consequences Of Climate Change, According To Chairman Dutch ACM

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Dutch Consumer Watchdog Clamps Down On ‘Influencers' Buying Fake Likes And Followers

Netherlands Media & IT

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Osborne Clarke

Dutch ACM Welcomes Commission's Draft Guidance On Sustainability But Remains Critical

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Authority For Consumers & Markets Proposes A New Take On Fairness And Efficiency To Combat The Effects Of Climate Change

On 16 June 2022 the chairman of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, Martijn Snoep, spoke at the XVth Treviso Antitrust Conference.

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Competition Authorities Hold The Key To Avoid The Drastic Consequences Of Climate Change, According To Chairman Dutch ACM

Although the Proposed Guidelines mean a ‘big step in the right direction', according to Snoep, they stop short of providing sufficiently precise guidance.

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Dutch Consumer Watchdog Clamps Down On ‘Influencers' Buying Fake Likes And Followers

Enforcement activity highlights the need to vet influencers before the roll-out of marketing campaigns...

Netherlands Media & IT

OC

Osborne Clarke

Dutch ACM Welcomes Commission's Draft Guidance On Sustainability But Remains Critical

This response is part of the final round of consultations on the draft revised HBERs and Horizontal Guidelines that is currently being conducted by the Commission.

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

The Only Publicly Known Dutch Competition Law Investigation Since The Pandemic Has Been Dropped

Netherlands Anti-trust

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Loyens & Loeff

Collective Redress In Europe: Developments In Key Jurisdictions—The Netherlands

The Netherlands has a comprehensive system for collective actions and the collective settlement of claims but currently, there is no possibility to seek monetary damages in collective actions.

Netherlands Consumer

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Jones Day

Cosmetics Ad For Biodermal 60+ Cream

It's OK to use 'ad-speak' in advertising, certainly with cosmetics. Consumers are fully aware that they'll often see advertising hyperbole at work. But factual descriptions of effects have to be true.

Netherlands Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Icy Cold Bubbles For The New Year

We know that champagne growers are (rightly) proud of their sparkling wine. Nothing gets their hackles up more than when some "fizz" is produced from a region other than Champagne, or in a different way.

Netherlands Consumer

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The Sugar Monster Must Be Curbed, Even To The Detriment Of Dextro Enercy

The sportsmen and women among us often carry Dextro Energy: the glucose tablets are known to make a contribution to the muscles.

Netherlands Healthcare

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Why Collective Settlements Are Not Always Achieved In Mass Damages Suits

Netherlands Litigation

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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

Stricter Rules For Web Shops As Of 13 June 2014

Netherlands Privacy

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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

Strengere Regels Voor Webwinkels Per 13 Juni 2014

Netherlands Commercial

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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

Incorporation Of The Market Practices Act Into The New Commercial Code: What's New?

Netherlands Commercial

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NautaDutilh

ECJ: Causal Link Between Professional Website And Consumer Contract Not Required

European Union Consumer

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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

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