News & Articles

06/06/14

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…

27/05/14

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…

26/05/14

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…

23/05/14

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.

21/05/14

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…

30/04/14

Antitrust and technology transfer agreements

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

28/04/14

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…

25/04/14

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 …

25/04/14

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…

23/04/14

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…

11/11/13

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…

15/10/13

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…

19/06/13

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…

02/05/13

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 …

25/04/13

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.

30/01/13

Jurisprusdence bancaire luxembourgeoise (mars 2011 - mars 2012)

Chronique de jurisprudence de droit bancaire luxembourgeois (mars 2011 - mars 2012) Comme cela fut le cas précédemment, la présente chronique aura pou…

10/12/12

Les principes élémentaires du recours aux critères environnementaux dans les procédures de passation des march…

La loi modifiée du 25 juin 2009 sur les marchés publics impose aux pouvoirs adjudicateurs de veiller « à ce que, lors de la passation des marchés publ…

05/12/12

Important step towards the VAT exemption of investment advice for funds

On 8 November 2012, the Advocate General ("AG") released his conclusions before the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") in the "…

21/11/12

Le renouveau du principe de confiance légitime dans le cadre de la fonction publique luxembourgeoise

16/11/12

Inexécution contractuelle : anticipez !

  Tout contrat est conclu avec la conviction, ou pour les plus pessimistes avec l'espoir, pour chacune des parties d'en obtenir l'exécution dans …