In a decision dated May 18, 2011 (Cass.soc., n° 09-69.175), the Labor Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) further clarified the notion of illegal supply of employees within the context of a loan of employees from a parent company to one of its subsidiaries. 1. The loan of employees may result in […]
It is within the context of the recent hack attacks on Sony that the French government made public a draft order[1] imposing on companies responsible for personal data the obligation to notify so-called “data breaches” (i.e. the loss/release of personal data). On April 18 and April 19, 2011 Sony’s PlayStation network[2] was the target of […]
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009[1], repealing Council Directive 91/414[2], entered into force on June 14, 2011. This Regulation concerns the authorization of plant protection products in commercial form and their placing on the market, use and control within the EU. It also includes provisions that apply to the components of such products. Council Directive 91/414 made […]
On May 16, 2011, the Autorité de la concurrence(French Competition Authority or hereinafter the “FCA”) published a notice on the method according to which it sets financial penalties in cases of cartels and abuses of dominant position[1] (the “Notice”). Article L.464-2 of the French Commercial Code already specified the legal criteria according to which financial […]
In his non binding opinion issued on March 3, 2011, the Advocate General of Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) seems to follow the reasoning of the Conseil de la Concurrence (the French Competition Council, now known as Autorité de la Concurrence, i.e. Competition Authority) that had considered, in Decision n°08-D-25 rendered on […]
Two decisions of the Cour de cassation (French Supreme Court) dated January 18, 2011[1] dashed the hopes of lawyers and their clients on the possibility to request the invalidation of seizures of electronic data when documents covered by the client-attorney privilege (i.e. legal professional privilege, hereinafter “LPP”) happened to be seized. Even though the two […]
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