In a deliberation dated January 8, 2018, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (French Data Protection Authority or “CNIL”) imposed a 100,000 euros fine on Darty (a leader in the retail of entertainment and leisure products, consumer electronics and household appliances) for not having sufficiently secured the data of its customers who had […]
The 2018 Finance Act introduces changes to the tax treatment of Bons de Souscription de Parts de Créateur d’Entreprise (company founder share warrants, i.e. security giving access to share capital reserved for employees or executives of new companies, commonly referred to as “BSPCEs”). This provides the opportunity to review the legal and tax regimes applicable […]
The action for damages for breach of an established business relationship brought in the context of an intra-EU dispute is not an action in tort if a tacit contractual relationship existed between the parties. This is the principle laid down by the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) in a decision dated September 20, 2017. […]
On the Internet, determining the location of a damage is particularly complex as such damage may occur in a multitude of places. In this context, the question arises as to what criterion should be applied to determine the court that is territorially competent to hear a tort claim seeking compensation for the damage that occurred […]
As another year is coming to an end, we are increasingly confronted with binary judgments and everyone is summoned to take sides. In France you are either right-wing or left-wing. Earlier this year, the French elected a new President who described himself as right-wing and left-wing.
Soulier AARPI is pleased to announce that Emilie Ducorps-Prouvost, Labor Law Partner, has been named new Co-Chair of the Human Resources Law Practice Group of the World Law Group, a global network of preeminent law firms with more than 18,000 lawyers from 360 offices in major business centers in 78 countries worldwide.