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When a classified facility (“CF”)[1]  is definitively shut down, it is primarily up to the operator, i.e. the entity that controls and manages the activity and the site on an everyday basis, to comply with all applicable provisions related to site rehabilitation. A difficulty arises when it is not possible to impose the obligation to […]

In a decision dated July 12, 2012[1], the First Civil Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) held that the Google Suggest tool, that guides Internet users to sites proposing the illegal downloading of works protected by copyright, “provided the means to infringe copyright and related rights”. Google’s search engine does not simply […]

As mentioned in our May 2012 e-newsletter, the French Constitutional Council, following an application for a preliminary ruling on the issue of constitutionality filed by André Soulier in relation to the application of Article 222-33 of the French Criminal Code that punishes sexual harassment, repealed said Article on May 4, 2012.  Specifically, the Constitutional Council […]

After two weeks of stormy debates, the French parliament finally adopted the second amended finance bill for 2012 on July 31. This is the first step of the tax reform announced by the French government and further measures are expected in the fall. The objective of this amended finance bill (“AFB”) is two-fold:  (i) breaking […]

In a decision dated May 30, 2012, the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) wrote the final chapter of the long legal and media saga in which the world leading chemical and agrochemical company has been accused of being at the origin of the abnormally high death rate observed among the bee population in France, […]

On June 22, 2012, the Lyon Bar organized a symposium on the theme “Sports & Finance”.