We are pleased to announce that, for the eighth consecutive year, our firm is recommended in the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa rankings the “Environment” practice area. Excerpt from the Legal 500 EMEA 2025: “Soulier Avocats’ environment and regulatory department is headed by the firm’s managing partner Jean-Luc Soulier and has in-depth expertise […]
From world-renowned manufacturers of sophisticated machinery to modest businesses hiring a contractor to install air conditioning in their premises, any company may one day face a dispute involving complex technical issues requiring court-ordered expert investigations.
Such preparatory inquiries are, in fact, almost unavoidable in this type of litigation.
Companies must therefore understand how court-ordered expert investigations work to ensure they are conducted in a manner that respects their procedural rights.
In the business world, companies may suffer various forms of damage due to wrongful actions by competitors, partners, or other economic actors. Understanding the mechanisms of compensation is essential for businesses seeking to defend their interests.
It is, therefore, important to define the scope of compensable damage under French law, to identify the characteristics of damage that must be established to claim compensation, and to be aware of the types of damage for which companies can seek redress.
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on General Product Safety (GPSR) entered into force on December 14, 2024. This new legal framework aims to strengthen consumer protection against growing risks associated with digitalization, new technologies, and the globalization of supply chains.
It introduces new obligations for economic operators and providers of online marketplaces while clarifying market surveillance mechanisms and the powers of national authorities.
On November 13, 2024, the European Commission fined Meta €797.72 million euros for breaching European Union antitrust rules.
It found that the Tech Giant has abused its dominant positions by tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook, and imposing unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers.
The next meeting of the Compliance Task Force created by the European American Chamber of Commerce Auvergne Rhone-Alps (EACC) in partnership with Soulier Avocats will take place on November 5, 2024 from 8:45am to 11am at the Lyon offices of Envu.
This session will focus on “CSR as a strategic challenge for companies: Insights and best practices from an industrial group”.
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