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Master’s students learn negotiation tips from the professionalsWorkshop 07 November 2025What negotiation techniques can you use to strike a win-win deal for your client? What can you do before and during negotiations to make communication...
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Invoeringstoets Wbk beschreven in Business & Law Research Network boekWet bescherming klokkenluiders 31 October 2025The sixth book in the Business & Law Research Network series, 'Veilig voor de melder' (Safe for the whistleblower), is about the Implementation Test o...
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Handbook on mass damage sheds light on ambiguities in collective redress law27 October 2025Dieselgate, privacy violations by TikTok, increases in energy prices: reports of mass damage lawsuits are a regular occurrence. These lawsuits raise m...
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Vulnerable consumers hit hardest by bankruptcy of Groupcard13 August 2025Groupcard provided prepaid cards to Dutch municipalities for welfare recipients, informal carers and volunteers. Now it is bankrupt, the cards are wor...
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Leiden University examines benefits and necessity of personal bankruptciesStart of research project 22 July 2025Not only companies go bankrupt, many people do too. Are bankruptcies beneficial for natural persons, and do they give people the new start they need? ...
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Fast-track liquidation requires better control and enforcementReport 17 July 2025Leiden University has published a research report on the working of the Temporary Act on the Transparency of Fast-track Liquidation in the Netherlands...
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Leiden University wins tender from Ministry of Economic Affairs to evaluate legislationTender 11 July 2025
Researchers from Leiden University, together with SEO Amsterdam Economics, have been chosen to evaluate the Dutch Telecommunications Sector (Undesirab...
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Reinout Vriesendorp bows out: 'My main focus as a professor was always on teaching'Valedictory lecture 08 May 2025Reinout Vriesendorp has been Professor of Insolvency Law since 2016 as well as a partner at law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. For nine years, he...
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Report on protection of whistleblowers sent to Dutch House of Representatives05 March 2025SEO and Leiden University have conducted an implementation assessment of the Whistleblowers Protection Act (Wbk). The Act aims to protect those who re...
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Bankruptcy trustees often lack the financial resources needed to tackle fraud30 January 2025In bankruptcies, proceeds are often too low to pay the trustees and fraud often occurs. This lack of resources means that fraudsters can get off scot-...
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LUSBHR Corporate Responsibility Conference: Topical issues on fundamental rights and sustainability25 November 2024On Friday afternoon 15 November 2024, the Leiden University Sustainability, Business and Human Rights Network and Discussion Group (LUSBHR) organised ...
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Hope on the horizon for bankrupt retailer Blokker: saving the high street22 November 2024Dutch retailer Blokker has gone bust. But a restart could be possible depending on the trustee. Research conducted by Jessie Pool and her colleagues h...
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LUSBHR Conference Corporate Responsibility: Current Issues in the Field of Fundamental Rights & SustainabilityLaw and sustainability 21 October 2024On Friday afternoon, 15 November 2024, the conference Corporate Responsibility: Current Issues in the Field of Fundamental Rights & Sustainability wil...
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ELS Academy Research Grant awarded to collaborative research design on comparing case law review method vs court file studiesCourt file data wanted! 16 October 2024Last Friday, during the ELS Academy Annual Event, Loran Kostense (VU), Sofia de Jong (Leiden University), Rieneke Stelma-Roorda (VU) and Anne Verboom ...
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Evaluation of the Dutch Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Temporary Amendment) Act05 September 2024Leiden University's Company Law department will work with research agency SEO to conduct an evaluation of the Fast-Track Liquidation Transparency (Tem...