French Data Protection Authority imposes a 1,75 million fine on AG2R LA MONDIALE

Laure Marolleau, Esq.

The French Data Protection Authority imposed on AG2R LA MONDIALE a 1.75 million euros fine for failing to comply with the obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation regarding data retention periods and information to be provided to individuals.

Two breaches were mainly highlighted: an excessive retention period for personal data and a lack of information provided to people during telemarketing calls by subcontractors.

Failure to convene the statutory auditor to the ordinary general meeting is not a cause for nullity of the deliberations

Florence Grangerat, Esq.

The decision issued on February 20, 2021 by the Commercial Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme court) rightly recalls that the failure to convene the statutory auditor to the ordinary general meeting does not result in the nullity of the deliberations made during such meeting.

Exceptional Purchasing Power Bonus : An interesting device for companies

Fabien Pomart, Esq.

The French Government has renewed the possibility for companies to pay to their employees a bonus exempted from taxes and social security contributions for the period between June 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

Part-time employee: Beware of “express” reclassification as a full-time contract

Fabien Pomart, Esq.

When a part-time employee exceptionally works more than 35 hours in a week, his/her contract must be reclassified as a full-time contract, even if the number of working hours provided for in his/her contract is fixed on a monthly basis.

Conference on comparative law on the topic of force majeure in contractual matters

Anaëlle Idjeri participated in a conference on comparative law organized by the International Committee of the Lyon Bar Association on the topic of force majeure in contractual matters in Italy, France, Germany, Latin American countries, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Jean-Luc Soulier: “My father has a flame for life, I inherited it”

In this article published in Le Progrès in early September, Jean-Luc Soulier evokes his roots and recalls the history that shaped Soulier Avocats.

WLG ׀ impact: A CSR initiative at the global level

The World Law Group (WLG), a network of 61 leading independent law firms with more than 400 offices in major commercial centers worldwide, to which our Firm belongs, has launched its first network-wide Corporate Social Responsibility initiative called WLG ׀ impact.

In this context, all WLG member firms are invited to complete a CSR project.

We have decided to work with a local association called Nettoyons Lyon (literally Let’s clean up Lyon) whose purpose is to organize actions to collect, retrieve, recover and recycle abandoned waste in public or natural spaces, as well as communication and awareness actions on eco-citizen behaviors.

Members of our team will take part in a river cleaning session to clean up a zone of the Rhône or Saône rivers, i.e., the two rivers that flow through the city of Lyon.

The objective is to remove large underwater waste and polluting objects, such as motorized vehicles, electric scooters, bikes and so on, using big neodymium magnets and grapples!