1 June 2013 | Thomas Caveng
Criminal settlement soon in Luxembourg
The bill of law n° 6518 lodged before the Luxembourg parliament is about to introduce “criminal settlement” into the Luxembourg Code of Criminal Procedure.
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1 June 2013 | Thomas Caveng
L’enfer législatif est pavé de bonnes intentions… idéologiques
L’enfer législatif est pavé de bonnes intentions… idéologiques, by Jean-Luc Soulier, La Lettre des Juristes d’Affaires, June 2013. Read the article (in French). This article has been adapted from the article entitled “The road to legislative hell is paved with good… ideological… intentions” published in our April 2013 e-newsletter.
1 June 2013 | Soulier Bunch
Law on securing employment: the new obligations imposed on businesses in return for increased labor market flexibility and greater legal certainty
Law n°2013-504 of June 14, 2013 on securing employment (the “Law”) was published in the Official Journal on June 16. Our March 2013 and May 2013 e-newsletters addressed two flagship measures of the Law: the new procedural framework governing large-scale collective dismissals and the introduction of so-called job preservation agreements. In addition to these major […]
1 June 2013 | Soulier Bunch
Private copying and e-commerce: consumer information as a bulwark against distortions of competition and loss of revenue resulting from the non-payment of private copying levies?
The surge in the purchases of blank recording media (phones, external or multimedia hard drives, CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, USB devices, memory cards, GPSs, tablets, etc.) by French consumers has recently revealed the profound inadequacy of the French legislation on private copying remuneration. The French distributors of such media as well as the company responsible for collecting […]
1 June 2013 | Soulier Bunch
Disputes arising out of commercial agency contracts: what is the competent jurisdiction?
Business professionals will increasingly face the difficulty of identifying the court that is territorially competent to hear disputes arising from or in connection with their activities. Even though Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of December 22, 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters provides some answers, national […]
1 May 2013 | Soulier Bunch
Announcement of a new reform of the legislation governing the taxation of Capital gains derived from the sale of securities
During his closing speech at the Assises de L’entrepreneuriat (i.e. meetings and talks which discussed entrepreneurship in France) on April 29, 2013, French President François Hollande announced a series of measures in favor of businesses. Such measures have a three-fold objective: stimulate entrepreneurship and mobilize all talents, foster the growth and development of businesses and […]