In today’s world, knowledge is the key to innovation and success. For companies, the protection of trade secrets has become a major challenge as the unlawful disclosure of information concerning a company is likely to undermine such company’s ability to compete in a market where competition has dramatically increased. French law, as it currently stands, […]
The reform, which enshrines two hundred years of court decisions, amends, re-numbers, deletes and creates numerous articles of the Civil Code of the French derived from the Law of 30 ventôse of year XII under the French revolutionary calendar, which later became the Napoleonic Code and then the Civil Code. While the French Civil Code […]
The European Commission has just released its preliminary report (the “Report”) on the e-commerce sector inquiry it had launched in 2015. This inquiry is part of the European Commission’s strategy to create a digital single market. It is intended to provide an overview of the major trends in European e-commerce markets and to identify trade […]
The provisions set forth in Ordinance n°2016-131 of February 10, 2016 for the reform of contract law, the general regime of obligations and proof of obligations (the “Ordinance”) will come into force on October 1, 2016 and apply to all contracts entered into on or after said date. This major overhaul of French contract law […]
In order to remedy the growing reluctance of banks to extend credit to micro-companies, small- and medium-sized businesses and so called entreprises de taille intermédiaire, i.e. literally intermediate-sized companies, the Law on growth, economic activity and equality of economic opportunity, commonly known as the “Macron Law”, has created a new exception to the French banking […]
On February 16, 2016, the Commercial Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) handed down an interesting decision[1] concerning the abusive breakdown of negotiations. This decision, which is consistent with the line of decisions rendered on that subject, brings additional clarification about the breakdown of on-going negotiations for the sale of a business […]
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