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The Law no. 2007-776 of August 4, 2008 on the Modernization of the Economy (called the “LME Law”) created the Autorité de la concurrence or the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”)
The third edition of the International Securities Law Handbook, a reference book dedicated to securities law and covering 35 jurisdictions throughout the world, is now available from the publisher, Kluwer Law International.
Adopted on April 20, 2010, the EU Regulation n°330/2010, known as the vertical agreements Block Exemption Regulation (the “New Regulation”), shall enter into force on June 1, 2010. It shall apply to all agreements entered into after May 31, 2010 and shall remain effective up to May 31, 2022.
As a friend and counsel of the Mérieux Family, André Soulier, who sat at the Lyon municipal council with Jean and then Alain Mérieux, wanted to pay a tribute to this ingenious dynasty and authored an article published in the Official Municipal Bulletin of the City of Lyon.
There have always been close links between collective dominant market positions (Article L.420-2 of the French Commercial Code / Article 82 of the TEC[1]) and concerted practices (Article L.420-1 of the French Commercial Code / Article 81 of the TEC). Indeed, the existence of structural links between companies (notably in the form of concluded agreements) […]
By judgment rendered on April 6, 2010, the Chambery Court of Appeals rejected a request for dissolution of the association Olympique Croix de Savoie linked to the Evian-Thonon-Gaillard soccer club,
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