Jean-Luc Soulier assisted PolyPeptide Laboratories Group, a leading global provider of custom and generic GMP-grade peptides in connection with the acquisition of the company NeoMPS, a peptide manufacturing group operating two facilities in Strasbourg (France) and San Diego (USA), from Isochem, the fine chemicals subsidiary of the French Group SNPE.
What actions may be taken in the framework of a request for market authorization relating to a generic plant protection product before the expiration of the industrial property title (patent, supplementary protection certificate (“SPPC”)) owned by the manufacturer of the reference product? According to Article L. 613-3 of the French Intellectual Property Code (“FIPC”), if […]
In the dioxin case in which associations of ecologists claimed that the Gilly-sur-Isère incinerator was responsible for causing cancers because of dioxin fumes, Jean-Luc Soulier and Stéphanie Staeger represent the former president of the intercommunal syndicate which owns the incinerator who was charged with endangering other people’s life. On October 26, 2007, the investigating judge […]
Title of the contribution: No-hire clauses – Agreements between companies which restrict or may restrict the employment opportunities of employees Jurisdiction: Denmark Author: Jette H Ronoe Law firm: Bech Bruun Subject: This contribution focuses on no-hire clauses and analyzes an important decision recently rendered by the Danish Industrial Court. Read the contribution
The Cour de Cassation dismisses an appeal against cycling champion Jeannie Longo. The French Supreme Court dismissed the appeal lodged by the Amaury Group, owner of the newspaper Le Parisien – Aujourd’hui en France against a judgment issued in 2006 by the Paris Court of Appeals…
The European Lawyer, Europe’s foremost monthly legal journal, recently published reports on the French legal scene, in particular the status and evolution of the business law firm market.