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 due diligence investigation is the structured examination a buyer, investor or lender carries out
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A vordering in Dutch law is a claim: the enforceable right of a creditor (schuldeiser)
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Asset protection under Dutch law means arranging ownership, your matrimonial property regime, wills and insurance
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Bankruptcy fraud (fraude bij faillissement) means knowingly harming creditors around an insolvency: removing assets from
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A KYC investigation is the client due diligence (cliëntenonderzoek) that banks, payment institutions, crypto-asset service
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