1 March 2011 | Soulier Bunch
By judgment dated January 20, 2011[1], the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) further extended the scope of the so-called “decisive influence” presumption. This notion is essential to determine who is liable in case of infringements of EU competition and antitrust rules by a company that is a member of a group of […]
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1 February 2011 | Soulier Bunch
In preamble, it should be recalled that pursuant to Article L. 134-12 of the French Commercial Code the payment of severance indemnities to a commercial agent following the termination of the contractual relationship between the commercial agent and his principal aims at compensating the agent for the future commissions lost on the business transacted with […]
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1 February 2011 | Soulier Bunch
In a judgment dated October 6, 2010 (n°09-13.149), the Labor Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) held that “during the suspension of the employment contract, the employer has no obligation to have the employee’s unfitness for work certified and a declaration of unfitness for work, even for all types of jobs, should […]
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1 February 2011 | Soulier Bunch
The Bill for simplification and improvement of the quality of law (the “Bill”) is a follow-up to the measures that have been taken over the past few years by the French Government and Parliament in order to reduce the complexity of French law. Introduced on August 7, 2009 by Mr. Jean-Luc Warsmann, Member of Parliament […]
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1 January 2011 | Soulier Bunch
Until the adoption of Community Regulation 1924/2006[1], the assessment of health claims in relation to the labeling, presentation or advertising of food products was most of the time carried out a posteriori. In France, the Direction Générale de la Concurrence, Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes (General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and […]
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