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The better law Call termination is the service in which telecom providers ensure that a telephone call from the network of one provider (e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and is the most important cost component in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can, in principle, fix the rates that telecom
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providers charge for this as each telecom
Call termination is the service in which
Originally, OPTA had decided
telecom providers ensure that a telephone
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call from the network of one provider
proportionality requirement of the Dutch
(e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network
Telecommunications Act.
provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly on its own telephone network.
of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and is the most important cost component
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in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can, in principle, fix the rates that telecom providers charge for this as each telecom provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly on its own telephone network. Originally, OPTA had decided that the mobile termination rate would have to be reduced to 1.2 cents per minute, effective from 1 September 2012. However, the CBb has now ruled that the rate should not be 1.2 cents but 2.4 cents per minute. The CBb also ruled that the Pure BULRIC cost model used by OPTA – although recommended by the European Commission – was in conflict with the proportionality requirement of the Dutch Telecommunications Act. With this ruling, the CBb has ended years of legal conflict (and resulting
NautaDutilh approves the new board
uncertainty) regarding mobile call termination rates. Moreover, the CBb has ruled that the European Commission’s so-called proportional rate rule for all EU
Board Member 2011-2012
countries does not bear scrutiny in the
Richard van Oerle and Helmer Klingenberg
Netherlands at least.
of our IP group are part of a team of attorneys assisting Samsung in a case
The NautaDutilh team that advised
that Apple started re. alleged copying
Vodafone in this case consisted of Paul
of the iPhone and iPad products by the
Waszink, Jolize Lautenbach and Harald.
Samsung Galaxy smart phones..
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Challenge the Obvious Call termination is the service in which telecom providers ensure that a telephone call from the network of one provider (e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and is the most important cost component
Call termination
in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can, in principle, fix the rates that telecom providers charge for this as each telecom provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly on its own telephone network. Originally, OPTA had decided that the
Call termination is the service in which
mobile termination rate would have
telecom providers ensure that a telephone
to be reduced to 1.2 cents per minute,
call from the network of one provider
effective from 1 September 2012.
(e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network
However, the CBb has now ruled that the
of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and
rate should not be 1.2 cents but 2.4 cents
is the most important cost component
per minute. The CBb also ruled that the
in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can,
Pure BULRIC cost model used by OPTA –
in principle, fix the rates that telecom
although recommended by the European
providers charge for this as each telecom
Commission – was in conflict with the
provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly
proportionality requirement of the Dutch
on its own telephone network.
Telecommunications Act.
Originally, OPTA had decided that the
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mobile termination rate would have to be reduced to 1.2 cents per minute,
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effective from 1 September 2012. However, the CBb has now ruled that the rate should not be 1.2 cents but 2.4 cents per minute. The CBb also ruled that the Pure BULRIC cost model used by OPTA –
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Commission – was in conflict with the proportionality requirement of the Dutch
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Telecommunications Act.
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With this ruling, the CBb has ended
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years of legal conflict (and resulting
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uncertainty) regarding mobile call
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termination rates. Moreover, the CBb has
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ruled that the European Commission’s so-called proportional rate rule for all EU countries does not bear scrutiny in the Netherlands at least. The NautaDutilh team that advised Vodafone in this case consisted of Paul.
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Samsung versus Apple
NautaDutilh appoints four new partners Charles Gielen, Richard van Oerle and Helmer Klingenberg of our IP group are part of a team of attorneys assisting Samsung in a case that Apple started re. alleged copying of the iPhone and iPad products phones and tablets.
IP group NautaDutilh involved in worldwide battle Samsung versus Apple
Charles Gielen
Charles Gielen, Richard van Oerle and Helmer Klingenberg of
Richard van Oerle and Helmer
our IP group are part of a team of attorneys assisting Samsung
Klingenberg of our IP group are
in a case that Apple started re. alleged copying of the iPhone
part of a team of attorneys
and iPad products by the Samsung Galaxy smart phones and
assisting Samsung in a case
tablets.
by the Samsung Galaxy smart
that Apple started re. alleged copying of the iPhone and
Charles Gielen, Richard van Oerle and Helmer Klingenberg of
iPad products by the Samsung
our IP group are part of a team of attorneys assisting Samsung
Galaxy smart phones and
in a case that Apple started re. alleged copying of the iPhone
tablets.
and iPad products by the Samsung Galaxy smart phones and tablets.
Richard van Oerle They will defend Samsung
They will defend Samsung before the court in The Hague
before the court in The Hague
against Apple’s design- and copyrights. Apple requests the
against Apple’s design- and
court to grant an EU-wide injunction based on Community
copyrights. Apple requests
designrights. NautaDutilh works with Simmons & Simmons
the court to grant an EU-wide
who defend Samsung re. patent infringement.
injunction based on Community designrights. NautaDutilh works with Simmons & Simmons who defend Samsung re. patent infringement. Helmer Klingenberg Charles Gielen, Richard van Oerle and Helmer Klingenberg of our IP group are part of a team of attorneys assisting Samsung in a case that Apple started re. alleged copying of the iPhone and iPad products
Alleged copying of
by the Samsung Galaxy smart
the iPhone and iPad
phones and tablets.
products by the Samsung Galaxy smart
Marjan Visser Richard van Oerle and Helmer
phones and tablets will take a long road.
Klingenberg of our IP group are part of a team of attorneys assisting Samsung in a case iPad products by the Samsung Galaxy smart phones ablets.
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Rule the rates Call termination is the service in which telecom providers ensure that a telephone call from the network of one provider (e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and is the most important cost component in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can, in principle, fix the rates that telecom providers charge for this as each telecom provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly on its own telephone network. Originally, OPTA had decided that the mobile termination rate would have to be reduced to 1.2 cents per minute, effective from 1 September 2012. However, the CBb has now ruled that the rate should not be 1.2 cents but 2.4 cents per minute. The CBb also ruled that the Pure BULRIC cost model used by OPTA – although recommended by the European Commission – was in conflict with the proportionality requirement of the Dutch Telecommunications Act. With this ruling, the CBb has ended years of legal conflict (and resulting uncertainty) regarding mobile call termination rates. Moreover, the CBb has ruled that the European Commission’s so-called proportional rate rule for all EU countries does not bear scrutiny in the Netherlands at least. www.challengetheobvious.nl
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RESEARCH advocaten.nl
Samenvatting Stand van de Advocatuur 2011
Wat is de stand van advocatuurlijk Nederland?
De belangrijkste ontwikkelingen op een rijtje.
kleinere kantoren. Nationale kantoren
een plaats in de top-50 te krijgen. Vorig
moeten zich heroriĂŤnteren en focussen
jaar was dat 29, het jaar daarvoor 28.
op een specifieke groep cliĂŤnten en een
Dit geeft aan dat de kantoren onder in
Trends in de advocatuur
bepaald type dienstverlening. Deze fase
de top-50 steeds meer medewerkers
De advocatuur ligt vanuit verschillende
van heroriĂŤntatie brengt onder andere
krijgen en dat er sprake is van de
hoeken onder vuur. De NMa, de politiek
met zich mee dat de nationale top qua
opkomst van middelgrote kantoren. Het
en de grote internationale kantoren,
omvang afneemt door het (gedwongen)
aantal advocaten in de top-50 is fors
allemaal maken ze het professionele
afscheid van medewerkers en partners.
afgenomen, vorig jaar werkten er 4.143
leven van de advocaat anno 2011 lastig.
advocaten, dit jaar zijn het er nog 4.060.
De NMa onderzoekt of de gedragsregels
De internationalisering op de Nederlandse
De verliezen zijn vooral geleden in de
en verordeningen in de advocatuur
markt is opnieuw minder dan de
top-15. De top-5 van de top-50 is voor
een beperking van de mededinging
voorgaande jaren. Er worden geen nieuwe
het tweede jaar ongewijzigd, hoewel alle
betekenen. De politiek wil inperking van
vestigingen van Amerikaanse kantoren
kantoren in de top-5 advocaten verloren.
het procesmonopolie, meer toezicht op
meer verwacht. De meeste grote
Op de eerste plaats staat net als vorig
advocaten en beperking van de rechten
internationale kantoren richten zich op
jaar NautaDutilh. In de top-10 stegen
van de verdediging. Om een en ander te
markten buiten Europa, met name China
alleen Clifford Chance en Allen & Overy.
onderzoeken is in mei 2010 De Commissie
en het Midden-Oosten.
Clifford Chance stond vorig jaar nog op
Advocatuur ingesteld. Tot slot hebben de
de twaalfde plaats. De grootste stijger is
grote internationale kantoren invloed op
Groei
De Haan Advocaten, dat zeven plaatsen
de ontwikkeling van tarieven, de wijze
Per 1 januari 2011 telt Nederland iets
steeg met de uitbreiding van 34 naar 41
van bedrijfsvoering en uiteraard de mate
meer dan 3.000 advocatenkantoren.
advocaten. Er zijn vijftien dalers in de top
waarin er binnen de advocatuur moet
Er zijn ook in 2010 weer 188 kantoren
50. De kantoren die het sterkst zakten,
worden geconcurreerd.
bijgekomen. Het lijkt wel of aan de groei
zijn SRK Rechtsbijstand en
van het aantal advocatengeen einde komt.
Lovells.
Ingrijpende keuzes
In 2005 kwamen er netto 652 nieuwe
De vraag naar juridische dienstverlening
advocaten bij, een groei van 5,1 procent
Nieuw in de top-50 zijn de kantoren
is vorig jaar opnieuw toegenomen. Ook
ten opzichte van vorig jaar.
Bird & Bird, Greenberg Traurig, Van Iersel
trekt de markt weer aan en zijn de
& Luchtman en het Utrechtse Wijn &
verwachtingen van economische groei
In 2010 was het hardst groeiende kantoor
Stael. Drie kantoren zijn uit de top 50
positief. De stevige concurrentie zowel
Greenberg Traurig, dat zes nieuwe
verdwenen: Norton Rose, Kupperman
tussen advocatenkantoren onderling als
advocaten aannam. Greenberg Traurig
Van der Wiel (opgeheven), en Plas &
tussen advocatenkantoren en andere
wordt op de voet gevolgd door De Haan
Bossinade.
aanbieders van juridische diensten
c.s dat uitbreidde met zeven nieuwe
wordt echter steeds zichtbaarder.
advocaten. Over een periode van vijf jaar
Deals en afgestudeerden
Advocatenkantoren staan voor ingrijpende
genomen is Van Mens & Wisselink het
Tegelijk met De Stand van de Advocatuur
keuzes. De top van de advocatuur heeft
snelst groeiende kantoor. De grootste
2011 verscheen het jaarverslag van
meegeprofiteerd van de tariefsverhoging
dalers over de afgelopen vijf jaar zijn Van
OverFusies. In de samenvatting staan alle
door de komst van de Angelsaksische
Doorne en AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen.
League Tables. De week voor de publicatie
kantoren. Tegelijk is de markt
van De Stand van de Advocatuur 2011
veeleisender geworden en is het tempo
Top 50
verscheen De Stand van de Rechtenstudie
waarin werk moet worden afgeleverd
Ieder jaar stelt KSU Uitgeverij de top-
met daarin de afstudeercijfers en
hoog. Niet alle topkantoren kunnen dit
50 van de grootste advocatenkantoren
stagevergoedingen.
tempo bijhouden. Bovendien verliezen
samen. Dit jaar is een minimum van
zij in toenemende mate advocaten aan
dertig advocaten per kantoor nodig om
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Challenge the Obvious Call termination is the service in which telecom providers ensure that a telephone call from the network of one provider (e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network
Call termination is the service in
The most important component
of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and is the most important cost component in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can, in principle, fix the rates that telecom providers charge for this as each telecom provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly on its own telephone network.
which telecom providers ensure that a telephone call from the network of one provider (e.g. KPN) is transferred to the.
Originally, OPTA had decided that the Call termination is the service in which
mobile termination rate would have
telecom providers ensure that a telephone
to be reduced to 1.2 cents per minute,
call from the network of one provider
effective from 1 September 2012.
(e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network
However, the CBb has now ruled that the
of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and
rate should not be 1.2 cents but 2.4 cents
is the most important cost component
per minute. The CBb also ruled that the
in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can,
Pure BULRIC cost model used by OPTA –
in principle, fix the rates that telecom
although recommended by the European
providers charge for this as each telecom
Commission – was in conflict with the
provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly
proportionality requirement of the Dutch
on its own telephone network.
Telecommunications Act.
Originally, OPTA had decided that the
www.challengetheobvious.nl
mobile termination rate would have to be reduced to 1.2 cents per minute, effective from 1 September 2012. However, the CBb has now ruled that the rate should not be 1.2 cents but 2.4 cents per minute. The CBb also ruled that the Pure BULRIC cost model used by OPTA – although recommended by the European Commission – was in conflict with the proportionality requirement of the Dutch Telecommunications Act. With this ruling, the CBb has ended years of legal conflict (and resulting uncertainty) regarding mobile call termination rates. Moreover, the CBb has ruled that the European Commission’s so-called proportional rate rule for all EU countries does not bear scrutiny in the Netherlands at least. The NautaDutilh team that advised Vodafone in this case consisted.
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Wie blijft nadenken onderwerpt “vanzelfsprekendheden” aan een kritisch oog. Steeds opnieuw.
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NautaDutilh Brussels assists UCL NautaDutilh Brussels assists UCL and Sopartec to establish VIVES II, the largest university technology fund in Europe Internal Investigations
Assistence NautaDutilh has assisted the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and its
Unfortunately, fraud and similar
technology transfer and investment
irregularities occur all too frequently.
company Sopartec set up VIVES II, the
Whether they involve the theft of
largest university technology fund in
money or property, the manipulation
Europe. VIVES II is a multi-sector fund
of figures or the leaking of sensitive
that finances technological start-ups
company information, all of these types
specialising in eco-innovation. UCL’s spin-
of irregularity have one thing in common:
offs will ensure a flow of deals to VIVES.
they can cause serious damage to your business. The damage sometimes even
In return, the spin-offs have priority when
result in bankruptcy.
it comes to accessing the university’s technological innovations. VIVES II will
At the first suspicion of fraud or a
provide financial support to around ten
similar irregularity, the best thing to
companies, in an amount ranging from
do is to bring in professionals with the
EUR 200,000 to EUR 4 million. The fund
appropriate expertise in carrying out
can invest during any of the various
fraud investigations. These professionals
stages of a company’s development, from
can assist you in taking (initial) measures
inception until expansion.
and any necessary actions and legal steps (e.g. applying for interlocutory
In addition to financial support, VIVES
court orders). They can also help with
II will also provide guidance to future
the question of whether or not the
entrepreuners on the creation, validation
matter should be reported to the relevant
and commercialisation of technology.
supervisory bodies/authorities and, if so, which ones. Another issue might be
NautaDutilh provided essential legal
whether it is desirable and/or necessary
expertise in the areas of finance and
to carry out an internal investigation.
tax. Our team consisted of Benoît Feron and Philippine De Wolf for the financial
Even if there are (as yet) no suspicions of
aspects and Benoît Malvaux and Eric-
fraud, it may still be beneficial to consult
Gérald Lang for the tax aspects.
such professionals, as they can assist you in identifying and minimising potential fraud risks.
Zelfvertrouwen is de grondslag voor adequaat optreden.
The members of NautaDutilh’s team Internal Investigation can help you through the entire process: from the first suspicions of fraud or the identification
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (1803 - 1882)
of potential fraud risks until the situation is fully rectified (including, where applicable, the recovery of
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Career Influences Call termination is the service in which telecom providers ensure that a telephone call from the network of one provider (e.g. KPN) is transferred to the network of another provider (e.g. Vodafone) and is the most important cost component in fixed and mobile telephony. OPTA can, in principle, fix the rates that telecom providers charge for this as each telecom provider is deemed to enjoy a monopoly on its own telephone network. www.challengetheobvious.nl
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