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1 May 2011 | Soulier Avocats

The prohibition of onlines sales demeed to be a “hardcore” restriction by the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union

In his non binding opinion issued on March 3, 2011, the Advocate General of Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) seems to follow the reasoning of the Conseil de la Concurrence (the French Competition Council, now known as Autorité de la Concurrence, i.e. Competition Authority) that had considered, in Decision n°08-D-25 rendered on […]

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1 May 2011 | Thomas Caveng

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 […]

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1 April 2011 | Soulier Avocats

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 […]

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