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General Terms and Conditions: Why Copying Them Will Cost You Dearly
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky on three separate legal grounds, and those risks are cumulative rather than alternatives. First, terms drafted with an original structure and wording enjoy copyright protection under the Dutch Copyright
A general partnership (vennootschap onder firma, or VOF) is a partnership in which two or
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Under Dutch law, a partnership is what gives a collaborative venture its formal business structure.
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Cannabis cultivation in the Netherlands is a criminal offence. Cannabis appears on List II of
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A legal demerger in the Netherlands (juridische splitsing) is a corporate restructuring governed by Title
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A Dutch cooperative (coopëratie) is a legal entity, defined in article 2:53 of the Burgerlijk
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The Dutch employment termination payment is the transition payment (transitievergoeding), a statutory severance payment that
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Commercial contract clauses decide how much a deal actually costs when something goes wrong. Under
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Stalking under Dutch law is a criminal offence known as belaging, set out in Article
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A liability claim in the Netherlands normally starts with a letter of liability (aansprakelijkstelling): a
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Liability under Dutch law means being legally obliged to compensate loss suffered by someone else.
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