The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently issued a decision that could significantly increase the financial consequences that the members of a cartel are likely to bear. The Court held that the members of a cartel may, in certain circumstances, be ordered to provide compensation for the loss suffered by the client […]
French legal provisions applicable to sudden breaches of established business relationships are frequently applied in the framework of cross-border disputes between French and foreign companies, irrespective of which company is the terminated or the terminating party. By a decision rendered on May 20, 2014 in relation to a dispute between French companies and their Dutch […]
In deliberation n°2014-042 published on January 30, 2014, the French Data Protection Authority has taken a new step forward with respect to whistleblowing programs. It has indeed once again amended the simplified single authorization and extended its scope to new issues (including hygiene and safety, environment, workplace discrimination and harassment) that are de facto often […]
Pursuant to a Law dated December 28, 1966, still in effect today, “financial dealings between France and foreign countries are unrestricted”. This freedom is exercised in conditions set by the Government that may, “to ensure the defense of national interests and by way of decrees adopted on the basis of a report of the Minister […]
3Law n° 2014-288 of March 5, 2014 on occupational training, employment and social democracy includes several provisions that (i) impose new obligations on companies of all types and sizes with respect to career development review meetings, and (ii) significantly amend the current Individual Right to Training (Droit individual à la Formation or “DIF”) that will […]
Through its judgment of May 13, 2014[1], the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU“) allows individuals to obtain directly from the operator of a search engine, such as Google, the removal, under certain conditions, of links to web pages that display personal data relating to them. In 2010, Mr. Mario Costeja González, a […]
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