Introduced by Ordinance n°2016-131 of February 10, 2016, the French contract law reform has just entered into force. Even though much has already been said and written about it[1], the impact of the reform on M&A transactions remained to be studied. Although not revolutionary (even if it codifies the theory of unforeseeability, long overlooked by […]
Business reorganizations or acquisitions of companies often require the performance of a legal due diligence on the target in order to get the most complete picture of it. The due diligence process typically includes a series of investigations, including with respect to the intellectual property titles held by the target (portfolio of intellectual property rights) […]
In today’s world, knowledge is the key to innovation and success. For companies, the protection of trade secrets has become a major challenge as the unlawful disclosure of information concerning a company is likely to undermine such company’s ability to compete in a market where competition has dramatically increased. French law, as it currently stands, […]
The reform, which enshrines two hundred years of court decisions, amends, re-numbers, deletes and creates numerous articles of the Civil Code of the French derived from the Law of 30 ventôse of year XII under the French revolutionary calendar, which later became the Napoleonic Code and then the Civil Code. While the French Civil Code […]
The European Commission has just released its preliminary report (the “Report”) on the e-commerce sector inquiry it had launched in 2015. This inquiry is part of the European Commission’s strategy to create a digital single market. It is intended to provide an overview of the major trends in European e-commerce markets and to identify trade […]
The provisions set forth in Ordinance n°2016-131 of February 10, 2016 for the reform of contract law, the general regime of obligations and proof of obligations (the “Ordinance”) will come into force on October 1, 2016 and apply to all contracts entered into on or after said date. This major overhaul of French contract law […]
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