We are pleased to announce the release of the first edition of the Global Guide to Non-Competition Agreements.
This multijurisdictional Guide has been prepared by the Human Resources Law Practice Group of the World Law Group, a network of 58 leading independent law firms with more than 400 offices in major commercial centers worldwide.
Economic sanctions, when imposed by a regime, have the purposes of advancing national security, foreign policy or economic goals. Sanctions can take multiple forms, including restrictions on investment, restrictions on trade, restrictions on travel, and economic or financial sanctions intended to freeze the assets of the sanctioned subject or to block access to capital markets and financial services. Financial sanctions imposed by any number of jurisdictions can have significant relevance in international loan market transactions, and a breach of financial or trade sanctions carries serious reputational risks for a financial institution in addition to the risk of heavy financial penalties.
Digital technology has already changed working methods. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), we are just at the beginning of a unparallel transformation that will affect not only the labor and employment market but also working relationships. What does exactly mean AI’s impact on working relationships? When we say working relationships, it implies labor […]
By a judgment dated August 7, 2018, the First Instance Court of Paris ruled on the illegal nature – under French Consumer law and the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978 – of several clauses included in the various versions of Twitter’s Terms of Use, Confidentiality Policy and Rules. Twitter was ordered to […]
Laid down by the Plenary Assembly of the Cour de Cassation in February 2009[1], the principle of estoppel ensures a consistency in litigants’ discussions before a court of law as it prohibits a party to contradicts itself at the expense of others. Since the beginning of the year 2018, the Cour de Cassation has delivered […]
Interviewed by La Tribune de Lyon, André Soulier, member of the Lyon Bar and former Chair of the Legal Committee of the French National Football League gives his impressions on France’s World Cup victory. He casts a tender but stern eye on what this popular sport has become nowadays.