Newsletter October 2008
BANKING AND
FINANCE
Financial Crisis Compels Dutch Authorities to Take
Measures
At the end of September the financial crisis escalated in the
financial sector in the Netherlands. This escalation compelled the
Dutch authorities to take measures in order to guarantee the
stability and trust in the Dutch financial sector and to protect
the financial enterprises that are part of this sector. In this
article you will find a short overview of some measures that were
taken since the beginning of October.
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EMPLOYMENT
Discrimination in Job Advertisement
A director of a Belgian enterprise placed an advertisement
stating that his enterprise was looking to recruit fitters, but did
not want to employ immigrants. Does this recruiting policy involve
direct discrimination?
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The SER Rules Relating to Mergers
2000 in the Year 2008
In practice, the SER Rules relating to Mergers 2000 play an
important role. It is therefore high time to look at how the Merger
Code Adjudication Committee has handled these non-statutory rules
of conduct during the past seven years.
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
Barbarians at the Gate
In a popular weekly magazine a country home owner living at the
Vecht river and his family members are labeled as
'barbarians' and their eye-catching country house is said
to provoke aggression. Are such statements lawful?
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The Position of Consumers in Unfair Trade Practices
Strengthened
On 23 September 2008 the Senate adopted the Bill for the
Implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, after
the proposal had already been adopted by the House of
Representatives on 6 November 2007. Through the implementation of
the Directive, the harmonized and strengthened position of
consumers towards commercial parties is actually incorporated into
Dutch private law.
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MEDIA
Recent Press Cases Kennedy Van der Laan
Administrative blackmailing mafia, Israeli mafia,
evidently sick liar. Which accusations and qualifications are
allowed and which are not? An overview of recent Amsterdam press
cases in which attorneys of Kennedy Van der Laan were involved.
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PERSONAL DATA
PRIVACY
More Space for Offshoring of Personal Data
Processing
Willingness of the Dutch Data Protection Authority to negotiate on
solutions for offshoring to a subprocessor gives more space to the
offshoring of personal data processing.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Auction 2.6 GHz Spectrum in Second Quarter 2009 through
the Internet
Five blocks of the 2.6 GHz spectrum will be
auctioned for mobile services (WIMAX) to create new opportunities.
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