1. The European Commission’s new approach to deal with abuse of a dominant market position While it is not illegal for one or several companies to hold a dominant market position within the European common market, the abuse of such dominant position is strictly prohibited by Article 82 of the EC Treaty. Until now, to […]
On April 28, 2009, the Lyon Court of Appeals overturned a judgment in its entirety rendered by the Lyon Criminal Court finding the head of an oncology department guilty of moral harassment of several colleagues.
Only three years following the Law n° 2005-845 dated July 26, 2005 relating to the safeguard of companies, Order 2008-1345 dated December 18, 2008 and its implementing decree dated February 12, 2009 once again reform French bankruptcy laws with regard to companies in difficulty. This reform became effective on February 15, 2009, and subject to […]
Arrêt de la Cour de Cassation du 3 mars 2009 As a continuation of the article on the new maximum payment terms applicable as of January 1, 2009 (see our January 2009 e-newsletter), a recent decision of the French Supreme Court[1] established the principle that a supplier can automatically require payment of late penalties even […]
The European Commission’s new approach to deal with abuse of a dominant market position While it is not illegal for one or several companies to hold a dominant market position within the European common market, the abuse of such dominant position is strictly prohibited by Article 82 of the EC Treaty. Until now, to assess […]
Jean-Luc Soulier will participate as panelist to the “Innovations & Strategies for Troubled Times: A Global Legal Update for US Companies”