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By judgment dated March 3rd, 2011[1], the General Court of the European Union (“General Court”) ruled on the determination of the respective contributions to be paid by companies held jointly and severally liable by the European Commission for the payment of an antitrust fine imposed on them for their participation in a cartel on the […]

Because of the evolving case law regarding remuneration of employees, and more precisely the possibility to change employees’ remuneration, companies have been facing difficulties and/or legal uncertainty. In a decision dated March 2, 2011 (Cass.soc., n° 08-44.977), the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) reconsidered its position and clarified the rules for amending targets used […]

By judgment dated January 20, 2011[1], the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) further extended the scope of the so-called “decisive influence” presumption. This notion is essential to determine who is liable in case of infringements of EU competition and antitrust rules by a company that is a member of a group of […]

In preamble, it should be recalled that pursuant to Article L. 134-12 of the French Commercial Code the payment of severance indemnities to a commercial agent following the termination of the contractual relationship between the commercial agent and his principal aims at compensating the agent for the future commissions lost on the business transacted with […]

In a judgment dated October 6, 2010 (n°09-13.149), the Labor Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) held that “during the suspension of the employment contract, the employer has no obligation to have the employee’s unfitness for work certified and a declaration of unfitness for work, even for all types of jobs, should […]

The Bill for simplification and improvement of the quality of law (the “Bill”) is a follow-up to the measures that have been taken over the past few years by the French Government and Parliament in order to reduce the complexity of French law. Introduced on August 7, 2009 by Mr. Jean-Luc Warsmann, Member of Parliament […]