Legal Insights

While the European Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs reached on October 23, 2017 an agreement on the revision of the 1996 Posting of Workers Directive, in particular at the instigation of the Macron Government, France is reviewing its own legislation on the subject. On December 20, 2017, the Government indeed announced a series of […]

Two of the three Decrees adopted on September 29, 2017 in furtherance of the Law for a digital Republic came into force on January 1, 2018. This provides the opportunity to recall the new transparency and fairness requirements imposed on operators of digital platforms. Since January 1, 2018 new requirements apply to some websites, as […]

In a deliberation dated January 8, 2018, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (French Data Protection Authority or “CNIL”) imposed a 100,000 euros fine on Darty (a leader in the retail of entertainment and leisure products, consumer electronics and household appliances) for not having sufficiently secured the data of its customers who had […]

The 2018 Finance Act introduces changes to the tax treatment of Bons de Souscription de Parts de Créateur d’Entreprise (company founder share warrants, i.e. security giving access to share capital reserved for employees or executives of new companies, commonly referred to as “BSPCEs”). This provides the opportunity to review the legal and tax regimes applicable […]

The action for damages for breach of an established business relationship brought in the context of an intra-EU dispute is not an action in tort if a tacit contractual relationship existed between the parties. This is the principle laid down by the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) in a decision dated September 20, 2017. […]

On the Internet, determining the location of a damage is particularly complex as such damage may occur in a multitude of places. In this context, the question arises as to what criterion should be applied to determine the court that is territorially competent to hear a tort claim seeking compensation for the damage that occurred […]