In its ruling dated September 15, 2011, the General Court of the European Union dismissed the action brought by Lucite International Ltd and its subsidiary Lucite International UK Ltd and refused to consider certain circumstances as attenuating[1]. These companies challenged the amount of the fine that had been imposed on them by the European Commission […]
Under French law, the Public Prosecutor and the Minister of Economy can initiate legal proceedings to request the judge to order the cessation of an abusive commercial practice, the nullity of the relevant unlawful clauses and contracts, the reimbursement of the undue payments and a civil fine on the infringing economic player(s)[1]. By remand decision […]
The debates generated a few months ago by the announced enactment of legal provisions imposing on certain companies that distribute increased dividends the obligation to pay a bonus to their employees were largely echoed in the media. These provisions were adopted as part of Law n° 2011-894 of July 28, 2011, known as the Social […]
Jean-Luc Soulier and Catherine Nommick provided legal advice in the framework of the reorganization in France of the Norvegian group Valco,
In a decision dated May 18, 2011 (Cass.soc., n° 09-69.175), the Labor Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) further clarified the notion of illegal supply of employees within the context of a loan of employees from a parent company to one of its subsidiaries. 1. The loan of employees may result in […]
In a decision dated June 16, 2011, the General Court of the European Union (“General Court”) annulled the European Commission’s