Strategic Lawyering 
1 May 2011
The consequences of the enforcement of competition rules
Since the Law of April 8, 1946, Electricité de France (“EDF”) – a state-owned company – has been enjoying a monopoly
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1 May 2011
The latest findings of the Cour de Cassation in cases concerning commercial agent’s entitlement to severance indeminities
In three decisions dated February 8, 2011, the Commercial Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) further clarified and complemented the conditions in which a commercial agent is entitled to severance indemnities at the end of the agency relationship. On the whole, the case law of the Cour de Cassation remains quite strict […]
1 May 2011
What companies should know about dawn raids
The expression “dawn raids” refers to unannounced inspections at a company’s premises, aimed at searching for and collecting incriminating evidence of alleged antitrust infringements.
1 May 2011
The so-called “dioxin case”
In the much publicized so-called dioxin case concerning the waste incinerator of Gilly-sur-Isère, associations of ecologists and people living near the incinerator summoned the former mayor of Albertville
1 April 2011
Acquisition of subsidiaries and group liability in respect of antitrust infringements
By judgment dated March 3rd, 2011, the General Court of the European Union (“General Court”)
1 April 2011
Seizures of electronics data: The Cour de Cassation indirectly validates the investigation methods applied by the French Competition Authority
Two decisions of the Cour de cassation (French Supreme Court) dated January 18, 2011[1] dashed the hopes of lawyers and their clients on the possibility to request the invalidation of seizures of electronic data when documents covered by the client-attorney privilege (i.e. legal professional privilege, hereinafter “LPP”) happened to be seized. Even though the two […]