CNIL Issues Guidelines On Free Wi-Fi Networks

La France défend la liberté d'expression. Pourtant, l'État ferme des librairies à cause des livres qu'elles vendent. Contradiction ? Pas exactement. La réponse se cache dans une subtilité juridique fascinante : ce n'est pas le livre qu'on juge, c'est l'intention derrière sa vente.

The 2026 Tour de France sparked unprecedented controversy when top competitors Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar underwent overnight anti-doping tests on the eve of a crucial stage, raising questions about testing protocols and athlete rights. Following Vingegaard's race-ending crash the next day, the cycling world debated whether the disruptive testing procedures violated established standards and contributed to the incident. This examination explores the complex hierarchy of anti-doping authority, the le

L'actualité estivale est marquée par de grandes compétitions sportives et regorge d'images de sportifs, que ce soit à travers les diffusions desdites compétitions, dans la presse et/ou les différents

Defining relevant markets remains an important part of many competition cases. However, constraints often prevent rigorous empirical analysis, which can leave parties trading plausible intuitions...

En France, l'organisation de jeux d'argent et de hasard est strictement encadrée.

La société n'avait pas connu de crise aussi importante depuis l'affaire Cambridge Analytica en 2018.

France has definitively adopted Bill No. 339, establishing a general prohibition on access to online social networking services for children under fifteen years of age. The legislation, part of a broader international movement to regulate minors' access to social networks, creates significant compliance challenges for online platforms that must now determine whether their services fall within the law's scope and implement age-verification mechanisms that integrate safety by design.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark ruling on when EU Member States can enforce their media, youth-protection, and platform laws against online services established in other Member States. The judgment fundamentally reshapes the application of the country-of-origin principle under the e-Commerce Directive, distinguishing between general statutory prohibitions and individual regulatory orders. This decision has immediate implications for how adult content providers, video-sharing

Le Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (ci-après, le « Cloud Act ») a été promulgué par le Président des Etats-Unis le 23 mars 2018.

Le 17 avril 2025, plusieurs députés ont déposé à l'Assemblée nationale une proposition de loi visant à encadrer strictement la pratique de la multipropriété dans le football professionnel français.

The Code is voluntary, but it will likely become an important reference point for demonstrating compliance with Article 50 of the AI Act.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, determining that when an AI agent acts at a user's direction, it is the user—not the AI company—who "accesses" computer systems under federal and California computer fraud statutes. This landmark appellate decision addresses how existing computer-access laws apply to agentic artificial intelligence and has significant implications...

The European Commission has initiated infringement procedures against 20 EU Member States for failing to transpose the EmpCo Directive by the March 27, 2026 deadline. This directive aims to combat greenwashing by requiring substantiation of environmental claims and third-party certification for sustainability labels, with full implementation expected by September 27, 2026.

The European Commission has proposed replacing the EU's three core procurement directives with a single, directly applicable Regulation that would fundamentally reshape how companies compete for public contracts across Member States. The reform introduces mandatory quality criteria thresholds, embeds ESG considerations as evaluation factors, and establishes new security and European-preference provisions that could restrict participation based on ownership, supply chain exposure, and strategic dependencies.

A federal court has struck down New York's Climate Change Superfund Act, which sought to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel companies based on historical emissions. The ruling found the Act preempted by the Clean Air Act, marking the first judicial decision on state climate superfund legislation and establishing that EPA's rescission of the endangerment finding does not alter preemption analysis.

Mexico's comprehensive anti-money laundering framework has undergone a sweeping transformation through Acuerdo 115/2026, introducing mandatory risk-based methodologies, enhanced client due diligence protocols, and automated monitoring requirements. With implementation deadlines beginning March 1, 2027, obligated parties conducting vulnerable activities face compressed timelines to overhaul their compliance infrastructure while navigating heightened enforcement risks and stricter beneficial ownership thresho

France's Anti-Corruption Agency has imposed its first-ever monetary sanctions under the Sapin II Act, penalizing a company €350,000 and its president €60,000 for widespread compliance failures. The landmark decision establishes critical precedents for enforcement strategy, breach assessment timing, and personal executive liability in anti-corruption matters.

The European Commission has adopted final Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU, introducing a "workable effects approach" that narrows presumptions while expanding guidance on objective justifications and recognizing sustainability benefits as valid efficiencies for the first time. These Guidelines replace the 2008 Enforcement Priorities Guidance and are expected to significantly impact enforcement practices across EU Member States and beyond, particularly for digital market

The user of defective goods benefi ts from several causes of action against the vendor or manufacturer.

On December 3, a federal court in the Central District of California granted plaintiffs' request for preliminary approval of a proposed $22 million settlement ...