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A new Senior Counsel and new promotions at BSP

BSP is pleased to announce the arrival of Françoise Pfeiffer, who has joined the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets department as Senior Counsel, and the promotion of three…

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Upcoming changes at Luther Luxembourg: Introducing our new Managing Partner

After 15 years at the helm of Luther Luxembourg, Eric Sublon hands over the reins to Bob Scharfe, who assumes the role of Managing Partner, effective from 1 January 2025.

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CMS Luxembourg renews its Management Board and announces new Managing Partner

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Vivian Walry as Managing Partner of its Luxembourg office, along with the appointment of Aurélien Hollard to t…

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06/01/25
Global minimum taxation (Pillar 2) in Luxembourg: implementa…

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 8396 and…

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20/12/24
Key modifications to Luxembourg RBE and RCS Laws

On 19 December 2024, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 7961 (La…

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Revocation of successful trademarks that became “common in the trade”

Successful trademarks may become generic and lose their exclusive trademark status. This was once more confirmed by the Court of Justice of the EU in …

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CJEU upholds national support schemes for renewable energy

On 1 July 2014, the day that the Belgian regional regulators (VREG, BRUGEL and CWaPE) gained competence over distribution grid tariffs, the Court of J…

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Amendment of bankruptcy law in Luxembourg: bill n°6539

The Legislator wants to curb the rise of bankruptcies in Luxembourg. The bill of 1 February 2013 on the preservation of business and on the modernizat…

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Functional Currency for Luxembourg Tax Purposes

On June 16, the Luxembourg tax authorities issued long-awaited published regulations (Circulaire du directeur des contributions L.G.-A nr 60 du 16 jui…

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Competition law - recent developments

The Commission adopts new general block exemption regulation for state aid and new guidelines for state aid in the area of environmental protection …

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CJEU Google/AEPD: Google is a data controller and data subjects have the right to be forgotten

On 13 May 2014, the CJEU issued an important decision regarding data protection law and internet search engines. The CJEU ruled that an internet searc…

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The EU Power Cables Case: Antitrust Parental Liability of Private Equity Management Companies

On 2 April 2014, the European Commission imposed fines totalling EUR 301.6 million on eleven producers of underground and submarine high voltage power…

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EUR 302,000,000 fines for a cartel between producers of high voltage power cables

On 2 April 2014, the Commission fined producers of high voltage power cables EUR 302,000,000 for a cartel to split the market and to allocate customer…

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How to lodge a complaint against a competitor in state aid matters?

The European Commission has created a new form to lodge a complaint in state aid matters.

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Review of MRLs under Regulation 396.2005 is on its final stage

Following the adoption of decisions concerning the inclusion of plant protection product active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC (now Regu…

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Antitrust and technology transfer agreements

On 29 March 2014, the European Commission adopted a revised competition regime for technology transfer agreements.

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The conditions for obtaining a supplementary protection certificate specified by the European Court of Justice…

On 12 December 2013, the European Court of Justice delivered three judgments regarding the interpretation of the conditions for obtaining a supplement…

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La Cour de Justice confirme la légalité de principe des liens hypertextes au regard du droit d’auteur

Dans un arrêt Svensson fort attendu et prononcé ce 13 février 2014, la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) a conclu que le propriétaire d’un …

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General Court dismisses Faci's appeal in heat stabilizers cartel

On 20 March 2013, the General Court ("GC") handed down its judgment in Case T-46/10 Faci v Commission concerning an appeal in the heat stabilizers car…

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The use of languages in companies: what currently happens in the case of cross-border occupations?

As a reminder, the Court of Justice of the European Union considered that the Flemish decree about the use of languages, requiring, on pain of nullity…

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A new right to claim data from bankrupt cloud computing providers

On 9 July 2013 a new law amending the Code of Commerce was enacted in Luxembourg (the “Law”). The Law introduces the right for a depositor to claim th…

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Working Party 29 guidance on cookie consent

Today the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29")[1] published a working document on how consent for cookies may be obtained. The WP29's opinions and w…

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domain Names in Luxembourg: New procedure for claimants

From 11 June 2013, any person or company alleging that its right to use a ".lu" domain name has been infringed may file a claim with DNS-LU (a service…

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The Luxembourg law of 6 April 2013 on dematerialized securities (the “Law”)

  The Law aims at modernizing, among others, the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies and the law of 1st August 2001 on the circulation …

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Evolution en matière d'échange de renseignements au Luxembourg

La transposition de la Directive du 15 février 2011 en droit interne ouvrant la perspective de l'échange automatique de renseignements.

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