Strategic Lawyering 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 […]