26 December 2016 | Soulier Bunch
Can legal privilege under US law prevent the enforcement of a preparatory inquiry in futurum (literally for the future) ordered in France? Under French law, preparatory inquiries in futurum are designed to establish or preserve evidence, most of the time in connection with a future trial. Their implementation may be hindered by several barriers, including […]
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26 December 2016 | Soulier Bunch
In today’s digital and “all-connected” world where 71% of French executive employees read work emails in the evening or on holiday[1], the “right to disconnect” has been officially introduced in the French Labor Code following its legislative recognition in the so-called “Work Law” of August 8, 2016. Effective as from January 1, 2017, the mandatory […]
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26 December 2016 | Soulier Bunch
Adopted by the French Parliament on November 8, 2016, the Law on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernization of the economy, commonly referred to as the “Sapin II Law” (the “Law”) “is intended [according to the French Government], more than 20 years after the Law no. 93- 122 of January 29, 1993 on […]
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