Legal guides
Practical guides to Dutch law, arranged by area of law: from employment and corporate law to family law, immigration, criminal law and real estate. Written by the lawyers of Law & More in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.
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Copying general terms and conditions: the legal risks in the Netherlands
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky under Dutch law on three separate grounds: copyright, unlawful act and the validity of the terms themselves. The exception is short standard phrasing, which is too generic for copyright
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A decision not to prosecute (sepot) means the Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM) closes
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International child abduction occurs when one parent takes a child to another country, or keeps
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Yes, your employer can read your work email in the Netherlands, but only within narrow
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The EU AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, has applied in stages since it entered into
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A startup term sheet records the proposed terms of an investment before the definitive documents
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