The so-called Médiator® case[1] has fostered in France an unprecedented climate of suspicion towards the healthcare system and significantly tarnished the image of the medicinal product industry and healthcare companies in general. Fully aware of the shockwave caused by this case, the French legislator adopted a law to restore public confidence in the French health […]
On February 10, 2012, the Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority, hereinafter the “FCA”) published its Framework-Document on antitrust compliance programs[1]. As underlined by the FCA, “compliance programs are instruments that enable economic players to increase their chances to avoid breaches of all kinds of rules that are applicable to their activity, including competition […]
Advocates of the systematic comparison of prices between competitors have every reason to be pleased! Two recent court decisions confirmed the recognition of the positive effects of price comparability by facilitating the implementation thereof, in the name of the sacrosanct principle of free competition. First, in a judgment dated October 3, 2011 (n°09/04687), the First […]
Companies that comply with the legislation on the protection of personal data in relation to data processing audit procedures and privacy training may now lodge an application with the Commission Nationale de l’ Informatique et des Libertés (French Data Protection Authority or hereinafter the “CNIL”) in order to obtain a privacy seal. The privacy seal […]
In a deliberation dated September 21, 2011, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (French Data Protection Authority, hereinafter the “CNIL”) issued a warning against the company LES PAGES JAUNES for having captured data contained in several profiles posted on social media websites, without of the knowledge of the data subjects. In March 2010, […]
In its ruling dated September 15, 2011, the General Court of the European Union dismissed the action brought by Lucite International Ltd and its subsidiary Lucite International UK Ltd and refused to consider certain circumstances as attenuating[1]. These companies challenged the amount of the fine that had been imposed on them by the European Commission […]
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