Thomas van Vugt

Court in summary proceedings: Facebook measures to prevent fake advertisements suffice

After John de Mol’s successful summary proceedings by the end of last year, Facebook ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Netherlands Commercial Court: COVID-19 does not justify amendment of multimillion contract

The (fairly) new Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) recently rendered an interesting ...

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Onno Hennis

Court enforces a share transfer against the seller’s will

A recent decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal shows that the Dutch Court ...

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Thomas van Vugt

Interim relief proceedings Thierry Baudet: paraphrasing is not the same as quoting – also from a legal point of view

The preliminary relief proceedings of Thierry Baudet (a Dutch MP) and Forum voor ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Litigating at the Netherlands Commercial Court: when is a choice of forum clause valid?

Recently, the Netherlands Commercial Court (a court that is part of the Amsterdam ...

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Denise Janssen

Approval VvE required for installation of air-conditioning system

An owner of an apartment who wants to change the appearance of his house, almost ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Important points of attention for groups (in difficult times)

Group financing has many advantages. Large enterprises that are organised within ...

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Onno Hennis

How should privileged information be handled in the inquiry procedure?

A recent ruling of the Supreme Court concerned the question of whether a legal ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Emergency law for AGMs via live stream

Many companies have their Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled in the near future. ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

Reopening the liquidation of a dissolved company

The dissolution of a legal entity can occur in several ways. In this blog, Corporate ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Court sides with H&M in the stripe war with Adidas!

For 23 years, Adidas and H&M have waged war over ‘stripes’. Adidas is the ...

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Gea Flapper

Fake review? Google compelled to release name and address details

Many businesses suffer from fake reviews on Google. They are easy to post. But ...

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Sjoerd Yntema

The corona outbreak: what should Dutch businesses do?

As a result of the recent outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID–19), a lot of businesses ...

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Onno Hennis

Does the assignment of a claim in respect of which arbitration has been agreed lead to a lack of jurisdiction of the court?

Nowadays, parties are increasingly choosing to have their disputes settled by ...

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University of Amsterdam (UvA) team won the Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2019

Today, the problem for this year’s Vis Moot Court was published. Thousands of ...

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Hidde Reitsma

The “WHOA” – a forced scheme of arrangements under Dutch law – is coming soon!

Last summer the Court Approval of Private Composition Bill (“Wetsvoorstel Homologatie ...

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Onno Hennis

Dutch court stays the enforcement of an arbitration award of USD 622 million against Petrobras

Vantage’s request for permission for the enforcement of an arbitration award requiring ...

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Hidde Reitsma

Is a director in the Netherlands liable for the unpaid bills of a liquidated private company?

A webshop ordered a large batch of goods from its supplier, even though it was ...

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Marco Guit

Living area of Dutch home proves much smaller than stated in the sales brochure: how big is the loss?

A couple bought a home via Funda, a Dutch property website. The sales brochure ...

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Mariëlle de Wild

What are the statutory periods for lodging an objection in the Netherlands, and when is an extended objection period applied?

In the Netherlands, persons or companies that are declared bankrupt can lodge ...

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