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Brussels - January 29, 2014: Jan Dhont and David Dumont recently gave an interview to Nymity on the new data retention obligations for electronic communication providers in Belgium.

Brussels - January 13, 2014: Belgian Sports Lawyer of the Year Award Granted to Sébastien Ledure

Brussels - December 19, 2013: Bert Theeuwes recommended for Employment Law by Chambers and Partners. Quote Chambers and Partners: Clients are full of praise for practice head Bertold Theeuwes, noting his ability to "combine an extensive knowledge base with excellent strategic and operational planning skills in order to comprehensively deal with issues." Mr. Theeuwes welcomes this recognition and would like to thank the clients for their support and their recommendations.

Brussels - December 19, 2013: Jan Dhont and Katherine Woodcock comment on the new data protection law (Protection of Personal Information Act) enacted by the South African Parliament on November 26, 2013. By drawing comparisons and contrasts with the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, the law appears to have a bit more in store for companies hoping to comply.

Brussels - November 18, 2013: Jan Dhont elaborates on the overhaul of the EU Data Protection Directive at the Atlanta KnowledgeNet Meeting of November 2013.

Brussels - November 21, 2013: The European Data Protection Supervisor has taken another opportunity to comment on the pending draft proposals related to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing – specifically, Directive on the Prevention of the Use of the Financial System for the Purpose of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (COM(2013) 45 final) and Regulation on Information on the Payer Accompanying Transfers of Funds (COM(2013) 44 final). Both provisions propose new changes to bring the EU further in line with FATF and OECD recommendations and guidelines on the topics.

Brussels - November 7, 2013: The European Data Privacy Regulator issues important opinion on the use of cookies.

Brussels - October 29, 2013: Belgium finally implements the EU data retention requirements. Jan Dhont and David Dumont comment on the new legal regime.

Brussels - October 15, 2013: An updated summary of Belgian data privacy requirements. This article can be read here. It was first published in Getting the Deal Through – Data Protection & Privacy 2014, (published in September 2013; contributing editor: Rosemary P Jay of Hunton & Williams). For further information please visit www.GettingTheDealThrough.com.

Brussels - October 4, 2013: Bert Theeuwes and Claudia Allatta have been recommended by Legal 500 for their performance in the field of employment law.

Brussels - August 26, 2013: Lorenz’ Data Privacy Team nominated by the Legal 500 as Tier One Practice.

Brussels - August 26, 2013: On June 24, 2013, the law of June 27, 1921 was modified regarding the rules applicable when one fifth of the members of a non-profit association requests the convening of a meeting of the general assembly. The purpose of this article written by Antoine Druetz is to briefly explain the new applicable rules which recently entered into force.