Commercial and company law
LOCAM CASE, END OF THE STORY? FROM CRIMINAL SANCTION TO THE RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL PROTECTION In March 2025, we reported on the decision rendered by the Lyon Court of Appeal sentencing the company LOCAM to a criminal fine of €1.2 million for misleading commercial...
Commercial and company law
The Lyon Court of Appeal has fined LOCAM 1.2 million euros for misleading commercial practices. Find out more about the legal consequences of this decision and possible remedies for professionals. 🟩 Introduction On February 24, 2024, the Lyon Court of Appeal marked a...
Commercial and company law
Cass. civ. 3rd, 6 June 2024, no. 23-10.526 Must the creditor of an SCI sue the company before the partners have sold their shares in order to be able to sue the partners for repayment? This was the question addressed by the Third Civil Chamber of the Court of...
Commercial and company law, Other
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Retaliation and Challenges Asset freezing is a common retaliatory measure used against dictators, as evidenced by the cases of Muammar Gaddafi, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak during the “Arab Spring”. This two-minute...
Commercial and company law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Implications and Clarifications for the first time, the Court of Cassation explicitly recognizes that a company – but the solution certainly applies to all legal persons – can invoke moral damage. Court of Cassation’s...
Commercial and company law, Competition & Consumer Law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) The operator SFR brought an action before the Commercial Court of Paris against Orange concerning the offers made to owners of secondary residences. It will be recalled that France Telecom markets a fixed telephony offer and an...
