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On 23 January 2025 at 16:00 CET, Crowell will host a webinar on the new Trump Administration and what it means for businesses outside the US. It will focus, in particular, on the Trump Administration’s policy objectives, how they will be implemented, and the legal and real-world impacts. By the date of the webinar, the new Trump Administration is expected to have issued its first Executive Orders, and there will be more clarity on their scope and content.  

Get ready for an eye-opening webinar that dives deep into the world of greenwashing and the hidden risks it poses to businesses! 

In this webinar, the speakers will discuss the various regulatory hurdles that companies may face in M&A transactions.

In this webinar, we will start with a general overview of the AI Act, the first horizontal legislation worldwide to regulate the safety of AI-systems, before moving to a few focal points.

In the fourth installment of the series, our speakers will cover the legal and regulatory landscape surrounding the use of AI technology. This landscape spans from the AI Act in the EU to the complex legal framework in the US, where the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal and state governments are having their say.

After the first anniversary of Belgium's whistleblower legislation, it is time to take a look at the state of play. The legislation now applies to both "large" companies (250+ employees) and "medium" (50+ employees). Therefore, all these companies today must have an internal reporting channel, as well as a whistleblowing policy at the company level.

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an important element of the EU’s green agenda efforts. This webinar will guide you through the mechanics of the transitional period that started on 1 October 2023. It will cover what EU importers need to learn and what the EU institutions are likely to further implement going forward.

Belgium has recently introduced a screening mechanism for foreign direct investments (FDI). Since July 1st, 2023, transactions falling within the scope of the new mechanism have to be notified to a newly created body, the Interfederal Screening Commission (ISC), composed of representatives of the federal government and the governments of the 8 federated entities.

There are business opportunities abound in and with the U.S. – you just have to know where to find them and how to navigate through the rules and regulations. Crowell presents the third installment of a series of IBJ/IJE webinars to help you successfully do business in and with the U.S. Based on the results of the survey launched during our first session of this series, we will, this time, focus on one of your most preferred webinar topics: data privacy.

During this webinar, we will explain how the new rules affect your contract drafting and negotiations so that you can make the law work for you instead of against you. Using practical examples, we will guide you through the clauses that are necessary and/or useful, and point out which clauses are best avoided.

In collaboration with IBJ
With ChatGPT 4, the world saw for the first time what AI-powered chatbots are capable of: writing a love poem, drafting a geography presentation or explaining the principles of patent law so a 4 year old can understand, anything seems within reach. No wonder that time-strapped workers would consider outsourcing part of their assignments to these user-friendly robots.
However impressive the technology, organisations are reluctant to adopt AI-based solutions for gathering information and generating new content, such as logo’s, texts or images. The data set used to train the algorithms are notoriously unknown, the output may be unreliable or infringing third party rights.