The use of trade secret for information contained in a summons
Since July 2018, law #2018-670 protects trade secrets in France (this law was adopted as part of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2016/943 of June 8, 2016).
If we refer in principle to trade secret with rega...
Open data calendar for French court decisions unveiled
The French Law for a Digital Republic of October 7, 2016 (Law No. 2016-1321) provides for open data of court decisions, i.e. the free availability to the public of all decisions of justice.
However, since this l...
Starting point of the five-year time limit applicable to the French legal guarantee against hidden defects: the Commercial court of Paris just set the cat among the pigeons
Legal actions between merchants are subject to the five-year time limit set forth by Article L.110-4 of the French code of commerce, pursuant to which "the obligations arising from their commerce between merchan...
National protocol to ensure the health and safety of employees in the workplace
Updated on 23 March 2021
By decree of 19 March 2021 (decree no. 2021-296), the public authorities ordered new health measures to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic in several departments, including the Ile-de-Franc...
Massive leak of personal health data: the CNIL obtains in summary proceedings the condemnation of internet service providers to withdraw the file
Paris Tribunal, interim order n° 21-51823 dated 4 march 2021
On March 4, 2021, the Paris Judicial Court ordered the main French internet service providers (ISPs) to immediately block access to a site hosting a ...