Competition & Consumer Law
Montpellier Court of Appeal – ch. civil 02, 21 October 2021 / n° 21/00224 Can a cryptocurrency investor be granted consumer status and thus benefit from the protective rules of consumer law? This is the question that the Montpellier Court of Appeal had to...
Competition & Consumer Law
Estimated reading times (in minutes) Nespresso Capsule Wars the pod war continues! Nespresso, a company very jealous of protecting the invention that made its fortune, won a significant victory last January. A Swiss court has banned the Swiss “discounter” Denner from...
Competition & Consumer Law
Temps de lecture estimé (en minutes) GMOs in food: am I informed? Since 1997, manufacturers have had the obligation to mention the presence of GMOs in food products. However, it was not possible, for example, to distinguish the meat of an animal fed with GMOs or fed...
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...
Other, Competition & Consumer Law, Other
Estimated reading time (in minutes) The group action (or “class action”) allows a large number of people to sue a company or an institution, to obtain moral or financial compensation. Will she arrive in France? A group action desired but still...
Commercial and company law, Competition & Consumer Law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Tax Evasion vs Tax Avoidance The distinction between tax evasion and tax avoidance can often blur, but it’s a line that the so-called ‘ghost’ company in Luxembourg has shrewdly grasped. There is a fine line...
