Apr 24, 2023 EU merger control simplification package: cutting or increasing the red tape? By Felix Roscam Abbing Jan Jeram Paul van den Berg Joanna Goyder +1 more... Show less In brief On 20 April, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a merger control simplification package including a revised...
Apr 20, 2023 New Dutch guidance on the EU Platform-to-Business Regulation By Felix Roscam Abbing Alvaro Pliego Selie In brief On 14 April 2023, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) issued a press release accompanying new guidelines...
Feb 22, 2023 Sustainability claims in the regulatory spotlight: new guidelines on advertising with sustainability claims in the Netherlands By Felix Roscam Abbing Jan-Jaap Koningsveld In the past two years, ‘greenwashing’ and sustainability claims have come under increasing regulatory scrutiny in the Netherlands. The...
Nov 02, 2022 COP27: mitigating climate change and navigating the legal risk of greenwashing By Jan Henning Buschfeld Rachel Duffy Simon Duncombe Stefanie Fay Jennifer King Lukas Pfister Felix Roscam Abbing Elvira Sihvola Rachel Stephens +6 more... Show less In this post in our series looking at the four pillars of the COP27 goals and vision, we look at mitigation. A core objective of COP27...
Oct 25, 2022 Antitrust Scrutiny Intensifies for Private Equity By Jan Rybnicek Meytal McCoy Alastair Chapman Paul van den Berg Laurent Bougard Felix Roscam Abbing +3 more... Show less Led by antitrust officials in the US appointed by President Biden, authorities around the world have turned a critical eye towards...
Nov 05, 2021 Greenwashing and consumer protection: Dutch authority starts investigations into the clothing sector By Felix Roscam Abbing Alvaro Pliego Selie On 4 November 2021, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) issued a press release announcing an investigation into six...
Feb 05, 2021 Sustainability claims in the spotlight across Europe By Felix Roscam Abbing Cat Greenwood-Smith Simon Duncombe Alvaro Pliego Selie +1 more... Show less On 28 January 2021, the Netherlands Consumer and Markets Authority (Autoriteit Consument & Markt – ACM) published its final “Guidelines...
Nov 25, 2020 Dutch competition regulator publishes further guidance to help online platforms protect consumer rights By Felix Roscam Abbing Alvaro Pliego Selie Following the publication earlier this year of guidelines on the protection of online consumers ('the Guidelines'), the Netherlands...