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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
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A victim advocate (slachtofferadvocaat) is a lawyer who acts for the victim in Dutch criminal
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Murder (moord) is defined in article 289 of the Dutch Criminal Code as intentionally taking
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A unilateral divorce in the Netherlands is a divorce granted at the request of one
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In a Dutch company the board of directors (bestuur) is the body charged by law
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In short: an employee in the Netherlands gives one month’s notice unless the contract or
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A non-disclosure agreement in the Netherlands, also called a geheimhoudingsovereenkomst or NDA, is a contract
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