An opposition politician who reveals the impending privatization of a publicly traded state-owned company during a radio interview: does he thereby violate the prohibition on disclosing insider information? In the ruling of 18...
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Joris Deene
In which court can you file a lawsuit against a foreign TV series that damages your reputation?
Anyone who feels offended by a television series broadcast in several countries would prefer to bring the case before a court in their own country. On June 18, 2026, the Court of Justice (C-232/25)...
Is the bank’s obligation to reimburse victims of phishing sufficient grounds to initiate summary proceedings?
Anyone who falls victim to an unauthorized payment transaction wants their money back quickly and points to the bank’s legal obligation to provide an immediate refund. But does that legal requirement for immediacy...
Is a parent allowed to search the other parent’s emails to gather evidence of a crime?
In principle, anyone who searches through another person’s private messages is acting unlawfully. However, that does not automatically mean that evidence obtained in this manner will be excluded from criminal proceedings. In a ruling dated May 26, 2026, the court held...
Can a judge rule that a lawsuit is a SLAPP suit even though the European rules have not yet been implemented?
A lawsuit that is not intended to enforce a right but to silence an opponent is called a SLAPP. On June 4, 2026, the Court of First Instance in Antwerp, Antwerp Division, ruled that...
Can a provisional injunction remain in force if the successful party never brings the matter before the judge on the merits?
Those who seek injunctive relief against an alleged infringement of a trademark or other intellectual property right sometimes seem to think that this settles the matter once and for all. But the Court of Justice ruled ...
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