1 November 2013 | Thomas Caveng
Buyers Beware! New Environmental Due Diligence Standard Issued
The contribution provides valuable information on the recent issuance by the ASTM International of E1527-13
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1 November 2013 | Thomas Caveng
Global Guide to Data Breach Notifications
We are pleased to announce the release of the Global Guide to Data Breach Notifications.
1 November 2013 | Jean-Luc Soulier
Participation of the public in the making of public decisions having an impact on the environment: a democratic progress or a new dreadful infant of the charter for the environment?
Order of August 5, 2013 (the “Order”) on the implementation of the public participation process defined in Article 7 of the Charter for the Environment, adopted in application of the Law of September 27, 2012 (the “Law”) and that entered into forced on September 1, 2013, imposes on public authorities the obligation to consult the […]
1 November 2013 | Soulier Bunch
Launch of the public participation process
The public is now better informed than ever before. And the public has never been so much worried with respect to environment-related matters. In this context, how should we understand the process of public participation in decisions affecting the environment that had been extended and regulated by the Law n° 2012-1460 of December 27, 2012, […]
1 November 2013 | Thomas Caveng
The exclusion of a shareholder of a SAS pursuant to a by-laws clause contrary to applicable public policy provisions is null and void
In a judgment dated July 9, 2013[1], the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) has recalled that in sociétés par actions simplifiées (Simplified Joint Stock Companies or “SAS”) a shareholder whose exclusion is contemplated may not be deprived of his right to participate in the decision and to cast a vote on the exclusion resolution […]
1 November 2013 | Soulier Bunch
Objective categories of personnel eligible to company-sponsored supplemental death and disability insurance schemes
French rules governing company-sponsored death and disability insurance schemes and supplemental retirement schemes have substantially evolved over the years. French Tax and Social Authorities have increasingly challenged the collective and mandatory nature of death and disability insurance schemes and supplemental retirement schemes implemented within companies, i.e. two essential criteria allowing businesses to benefit from tax […]