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In a recent decision rendered on April 3, 2012 (n°11-13527), the Commercial Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) held that Article L.442-6 I-5° of the French Commercial Code (hereinafter “FCC”), a “public policy” provision according to which a party that is the victim of an abrupt breach of commercial relationships may claim […]
Since several years, the EU authorities have been striving to improve the regulatory framework governing chemicals in order to gain a better knowledge of chemical substances used within the EU and to ensure a higher level of protection of human health and the environment. In this context, two main regulations have been adopted: The REACH […]
In our preceding e-newsletter, we announced the forthcoming end of the “serial” story on the delegations of powers within French Sociétés par Action Simplifiées («SAS»). It is done! The Cour de Cassation (France’s Supreme Court) declared the end of the debate in two landmark judgments rendered on November 19 (Decisions no. 268 and no. 269). […]
Nowadays, managing a business requires so many particular and complex skills and competences that no one would challenge the necessity to authorize a corporate manager to delegate part of his powers and authority to officers vested with specific responsibilities. To be valid, a delegation of powers must meet certain requirements that have been progressively defined […]
In a judgment dated September 2, 2010, the Investigating Chamber of the Toulouse Court of Appeals upheld the full dismissal rendered on January 30, 2009 by the investigating judge of Saint-Gaudens in the publicized so-called “bee case”. More than seven years have elapsed since Regent, a seed-coating product successively owned by Bayer CropScience and BASF […]
Following the first year of operation of the Autorité de la Concurrence (French Competition Authority, hereinafter the “FCA”), it is time to make an assessment and try to indentify the major trends of the decisions it rendered in 2009.