Kris Somers
Schrems II - back to square one?
Who said that a sequel never beats the original? While that may be a truism in Hollywood, it surely does not necessarily translate to...
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Kris Somers
Jul 17, 20203 min read
A battle of forms
Let's say you are a B2B seller of IT services. You conclude your business mostly online these days, on the basis of orders that your...
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Kris Somers
Jul 10, 20201 min read
To compete or not to compete
That is the question. Or at least it was for the managers of a mid-size Belgian company who, after their departure from said company,...
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Kris Somers
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Big Tech faces "V" for Vestager
Many powerpoint presentations by lawyers on antitrust compliance are larded with the hefty fines and sanctions that the European...
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Kris Somers
Jun 26, 20202 min read
IT service providers may pick up the bill for a cyberattack
The Digital Age comes with many advantages. A profession that has certainly thrived surfing the waves of digital transformation is that...
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Kris Somers
Jun 23, 20202 min read
An interview is never (just) a conversation
Being a freelance journalist next to my day job as a lawyer has blessed me with many fascinating meetings with interesting people from...
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Kris Somers
Jun 18, 20202 min read
B2B in Belgium: change is in the air
Change is the only constant, it is said. Well, in the legal practice, change typically takes somewhat longer than in other domains but...
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Kris Somers
Jun 15, 20202 min read
Controlling Merger Control: watchdog faces increased burden of proof
In a rather lengthy May 2020 judgement related to a horizontal merger in the UK telecom sector (the facts of which preceded Brexit), the...
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Kris Somers
Jun 11, 20202 min read
Sins of the daughter - parent corporate liability
A key legal question is to what extent a parent company can be held liable for the behaviour of its affiliates. Specifically in EU...
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Kris Somers
Jun 9, 20204 min read
Why 'consent' is not always 'consent' in clinical trials.
In Europe, both the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/6792 (GDPR) and the Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) 536/2014 (CRT) cast...
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Kris Somers
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Incoterms 2020: what changed?
Since the early 20th century, Incoterms have been a staple among trading conditions worldwide, especially in international sales...
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Kris Somers
Jun 2, 20202 min read
Meeting Season
For many companies, this is corporate housekeeping season: annual accounts are being closed, annual shareholders' meetings are to be...
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Kris Somers
May 28, 20203 min read
Have a cookie?
If your company has a website, there is a significant chance it has cookies. Even purely informative websites (ones without a webshop,...
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Kris Somers
May 24, 20203 min read
The case for hardship clauses in Corona times
One of the most often heard legal questions in relation to the COVID19 pandemic is how it affects parties' contractual obligations under...
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