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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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In a battle of forms under Dutch law the first set of general terms wins.
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Sickness during a zero-hours contract is covered by the same statutory sick pay rules as
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Proprietary software licensing is the model in which the supplier keeps the copyright and the
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The Digital Services Act changes digital marketing in three concrete ways: every advertisement on an
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Suspension of pre-trial detention (schorsing van de voorlopige hechtenis) is a conditional release from custody
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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Directive (EU) 2024/1760, obliges the largest companies active
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A decision not to prosecute, known in Dutch as a sepot, means the Openbaar Ministerie
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