Estimated reading time (in minutes) Company assets The case involved an executive who, for personal gain, sold shares held by one company in the capital of another without following proper procedures for calling a general meeting and obtaining approval. consent of...
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Anonymity of detainees In a judgment of July 13, 2012, the Administrative Court of Paris ruled that the prison administration cannot unreasonably prohibit detainees from appearing with their faces uncovered in television reports,...
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Ryanair v. Opodo In the absence of contractual relations, the general conditions of use of a site are not opposable to a third party recalls the Paris Court of Appeal . Non-opposability of the General Conditions of Use to third...
Estimated reading time (in minutes) The impact of the European Court Since the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights are not rendered by way of preliminary ruling, they cannot be used by the judge in chambers to assess whether there is a serious doubt about...
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Legal Defamation In a judgment of June 7, 2012, the Paris TGI decided to award €2,000 in damages, in compensation for the moral damage suffered, taking into account the fact that the article had been published on the website of...
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Safari Surveillance The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on August 9, 2012 an agreement with Google, which will pay a “record” fine of $22.5 million to settle lawsuits related to the surveillance of Internet...
