Legal Insights

Pursuant to Article L. 221-18 of the French Consumer Code (“FCC”) introduced by Law of March 17, 2014[1], a consumer who makes a purchase online benefits from a right of withdrawal, with no additional fee. Specifically, this right of withdrawal applies to distance and off-premises contracts as well as to contracts entered into following a […]

In a press release sent to the France Presse Agency (AFP) on February 12, 2018, Laura Smet announced that she intended to challenge the will of her father, Johnny Hallyday. As per the terms of said will, Johnny Hallyday reportedly left all of his property and artistic rights exclusively his last wife, Laëtitia Hallyday, as […]

While the European Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs reached on October 23, 2017 an agreement on the revision of the 1996 Posting of Workers Directive, in particular at the instigation of the Macron Government, France is reviewing its own legislation on the subject. On December 20, 2017, the Government indeed announced a series of […]

Two of the three Decrees adopted on September 29, 2017 in furtherance of the Law for a digital Republic came into force on January 1, 2018. This provides the opportunity to recall the new transparency and fairness requirements imposed on operators of digital platforms. Since January 1, 2018 new requirements apply to some websites, as […]

In a deliberation dated January 8, 2018, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (French Data Protection Authority or “CNIL”) imposed a 100,000 euros fine on Darty (a leader in the retail of entertainment and leisure products, consumer electronics and household appliances) for not having sufficiently secured the data of its customers who had […]

The 2018 Finance Act introduces changes to the tax treatment of Bons de Souscription de Parts de Créateur d’Entreprise (company founder share warrants, i.e. security giving access to share capital reserved for employees or executives of new companies, commonly referred to as “BSPCEs”). This provides the opportunity to review the legal and tax regimes applicable […]