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Firm News 45 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 03.14.24

Chambers Ranks Crowell Lawyers and Practices in 2024 Europe Guide

Chambers and Partners has ranked five Crowell & Moring practice groups and seven individual lawyers in the Chambers Europe 2024 guide.

Firm News | 3 min read | 12.18.23

Global Competition Review Recognizes Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust & Competition Group in GCR 100 2024

Global Competition Review recognized Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust & Competition Group in its GCR 100 2024 – the leading ranking of the world’s competition law and economics practices. This year marks the 24th edition of the rankings and the 17th consecutive year that Crowell’s Antitrust & Competition Group has been recognized.

Client Alerts 102 results

Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24

2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations

A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
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Client Alert | 8 min read | 01.23.24

Surely the Kids are Safe? – What the European Commission’s Updated Guidance Says About Joint Venture Agreements

On July 1, 2023, the European Commission’s revised Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements entered into force (see our previous alert for a comprehensive overview of the new rules, including the new horizontal block exemption regulations).
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Client Alert | 5 min read | 05.18.22

EU Commission Adopts New Rules for Distribution Agreements: What’s to Come for Distribution Relationships in the Digital Age?

Businesses distributing goods and services in the EU often rely on the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) for legal certainty. The VBER and the accompanying guidelines set out the conditions under which distribution agreements are presumed to comply with EU competition law. To be covered by the VBER, the parties’ market shares may not exceed 30% and the agreement may not include so-called hardcore restrictions. Above the market share threshold, the parties will need to self- assess their agreement based on the guidelines. Over the past few years, the Commission has been working with stakeholders to assess, update and amend the existing rules to take account of market developments, including the emergence of online platforms and e-commerce (see also our Client Alert of August 24, 2021). The most important changes can be summarized as follows:
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Press Coverage 10 results

Press Coverage | 01.05.21

Crowell & Moring Adds Partner In Brussels

Global Competition Review

Publications 17 results

Publication | 09.01.22

Handboek Gezondheidsrecht

(2nd edition), Intersentia, Reeks Gezondheidsrecht

Events 24 results

Event | 03.27.24, 9:00 AM CET - 1:30 PM CET

Hallucinating Deepfakes and Their Human Friends: Life, Love and Law in times of Generative AI

This is an invite-only client event.

Would you replace a human news anchor by synthetic animation? Would you use AI-generated music for a commercial, for a documentary or for a feature film? Would you have an AI tool write a first draft of an article or, inversely, edit and correct human copy? Would you have an AI make the first selection of among hundreds of scenarios? Or would you trust it to pick the ingredients for a hit series? Would you let an AI make trailers and thumbnails of a new series for the socials? Would you have your subscribers chat to an AI to process their complaints?

Event | 06.09.22, 7:00 AM CDT - 9:00 AM CDT

Revision of the Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and the Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines – What’s on the table?

The European Commission is currently reviewing the Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and the Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines. The revised regulations and guidelines will enter into force by the end of this year. The drafts reflect the Commission’s updated approach to horizontal cooperation issues such as joint purchasing, joint production, bidding consortia, information exchanges, etc. They also provide new guidance on agreements pursuing sustainability (ESG) goals. This webinar will focus on the key changes that inhouse counsel should be aware of.
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Event | 03.23.22, 7:30 AM CDT - 9:00 AM CDT

Perspectives from the Belgian Competition Authority

In collaboration with the IBJ/IJEDamien Gerard, the new Prosecutor General of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) and Griet Jans, Chief Economist at the BCA since 2020, will provide a snapshot of the BCA’s activities and ongoing projects. In addition to providing a state of play, they will discuss what’s to come for competition law in Belgium and the priorities of the BCA going forward.
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Webinars 6 results

Webinar | 09.20.22, 7:00 AM CDT - 9:00 AM CDT

New Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines: What’s Changing for Distribution Relationships?

The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and accompanying Vertical Guidelines were finally adopted in May 2022 after four years of consultations and review. The new competition rules applicable to distribution and other vertical agreements take into account the specific challenges brought about by the growth of e-commerce and online platforms in the “digital age.” 
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Webinar | 12.09.21, 7:30 AM EST - 8:45 AM EST

ESG Survey: Environmental Performance and the Stakes for Your Business

Businesses are under increasing pressure to measure, improve, and disclose their environmental performance to investors, to consumers, and to regulators. And their efforts are reaching into every area of their operations, as are the risks and opportunities that follow. 
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Webinar | 06.17.21, 2:00 PM CEST - 4:00 PM CEST

Competition Law Aspects of M&A Transactions: FAQs from In-House Counsel

In this webinar we will focus on everything in-house lawyers need to know about the competition law aspects of M&A transactions. We will follow the lifecycle of a deal and address the questions that must be dealt with at each stage of the process. We will consider issues that arise at the start of the negotiations, or during the due diligence process, for both notifiable and non-notifiable transactions. We will also discuss what types of transactions are subject to merger control, what impact a notification has on the process and the timing, and we will cover best practices for pre-closing competition compliance.
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Speaking Engagements 34 results