Legal Defamation

Criminal law

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...

Surveillance of the SAFARI browser by Google: a record fine

Criminal law, Other

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...

An automated processing system for drug-related offenses

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Authorization of data By decree dated July 11, 2012, the Director General of the National Police , the Director General of the National Gendarmerie and the Director General of Customs and Indirect Rights are authorized to implement...

Legal Recidivism and Sentencing: Reasoning Requirements

Criminal law, Non classifié(e)

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Motivation of the decision The stakes of the motivation of a decision are crucial. Morally motivation is supposed to guarantee arbitrariness, but its virtues are also rational, intellectual, because motivating one’s decision...

Amendments to the law on harassment The law of 6 August 2012 on sexual harassment

Criminal law, Non classifié(e)

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Changes to the law on harassment The law of 6 August 2012 on sexual harassment brought two important changes in terms of criminal procedure. These modifications relate to the actions in progress and the civil action of...

The condemnation of public insults: criticism versus provocation

Criminal law

Estimated reading time (in minutes) Offensive criticism A judgment rendered on June 27, 2012, the 17th chamber of the Paris TGI (Tribunal de Grande Instance) condemned the author of public insults , rejecting the defense that the criticisms expressed in an ironic tone...