World-famous DJ Martijn Garritsen (known to the wider public as Martin Garrix) has been at odds with Spinnin’ Records since 2015, when he announced he would be leaving the label.
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Dutch Labor, Employment, and Pensions Update
On 9 December 2020, the Dutch government announced that the Third Emergency Bridge Measure for Conservation of Work (Derde Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voor Werkbehoud) (the NOW 3),…
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The Dutch Supreme Court Obliges the Dutch Government to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
On 20 December 2019 the Dutch Supreme Court delivered its judgment in the case of Urgenda against the Dutch State. In 2013, the NGO Urgenda started a civil law procedure against the Dutch State for “knowingly exposing its own citizens to danger” by not taking sufficient measures to prevent climate change and therefore not preventing the foreseeable harm caused by climate change. The Dutch government acknowledged the potentially harmful consequences of climate change, but argued it could not be ordered to act via a court procedure.
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Consumer Duty to Report a Lack of Conformity (Product Defect) Further Explained by Supreme Court in the Netherlands
Introduction
A consumer who has purchased a nonconforming (defective) product must report the lack of conformity to the seller within two months of discovery of the deficiency. See Article 7:23,…
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