Advocates for the Future opens a new front line in the fight against fossil fuel permits: what’s going on?
Marieke Faber analyses the objection filed by Advocates for the Future against the approval of gas drilling beneath the North Sea. While earlier legal challenges to fossil fuel permits focused on environmental impact assessments, this intervention targets the preliminaryextraction permit. The approach taken by Advocates can further define how the State assesses new fossil fuel […]
Legal professionals warn that privacy legislation is being used as a revenue model
Danny Hoekzema was interviewed by Het Financieele Dagblad about the use of the right of access as a revenue model. He recognises the troubling trend of companies being flooded with standardised access requests aimed solely at triggering settlements. Hoekzema notes that organisations are often cornered: litigation is costly and time-consuming, making payment appear to be […]
The legal profession seeks a balance between moral compass and fossil fuel clients
Het Financieele Dagblad asked New Paradigm to share its perspective on advising the fossil fuel industry on climate-related matters. This is a nuanced issue. The firm seeks to work with willing organisations that still have a transition ahead of them and sees less of a role for itself in advising oil and gas companies that […]
Anonymous data: a matter of perspective? A (preliminary) reflection in the lead-up to EDPS/GAR
When is data truly anonymous, and when does it still fall under the strict mandates of the GDPR? In this article, Danny Hoekzema examines the fundamental conflict between European regulators and the judiciary. While regulators maintain a strict, absolute approach, the courts favor a contextual test: is re-identification practically and legally feasible for the specific […]
The Milieudefensie/Shell case put into perspective
In Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht (Magazine for Corporate Law) Marieke Faber discusses the judgment of the Court of the Appeal in the case of Milieudefensie c.s. against Shell. The Court of Appeal confirmed that corporations, and especially corporations such as Shell, have a legal duty to reduce CO₂ emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. The […]
Danny Hoekzema FD Talent of 2025
Every year, het Financieele Dagblad (Dutch Financial Times) presents a list of 50 talented entrepreneurial potentials who change the world for the better with their “innovative and differentiating ideas”. Our co-founder Danny Hoekzema was included in this year’s list. In FD-magazine Danny discusses the idea behind New Paradigm.
Declining reading skills in the Netherlands put pressure on the principle of transparency in the GDPR
In the Netherlands, the gap between the digitally literate and illiterate is growing, which has consequences for the interpretation of the transparency principle of the GDPR. This article addresses the fact that millions of Dutch people find digital society too complex and that reading skills among Dutch schoolchildren are declining, which is essential for digital […]
Can you still provide legal assistance to major polluters?
In this op-ed, we argue that law firms should reconsider their role in representing companies that contribute to climate change. It calls for a more ethical approach in which lawyers are aware of the environmental and human rights implications of their advice. The op-ed emphasizes that the current practice of “ethical minimalism” may violate the […]
Knappe koppen, vergooi je talent niet met gelikte slideshows, maar toon je morele ambities
Students at universities are often headhunted very early on by the business community, which presents them with a glittering career, Douwe writes. Studying should primarily be about personal development and exploration, so time to fundamentally change academic education.
That boys are demonized is a dangerous narrative
Are boys victims, because women are calling the shots in the Netherlands? Nonsense, Douwe argues. It is even dangerous to think that way. Following this piece, Douwe was invited to a BNR podcast.