On 24 February 2015, the French Supreme Administrative Court (Conseil d’Etat) reached a landmark decision which significantly expands the scope of the so-called French Sunshine Act.

David Bakouche, Associate Professor of Law Faculties, Attorney at Law at Mayer Brown's Litigation Department in Paris, discusses the Monsanto decision and the reform of civil liability.

Dans un arrêt du 28 mai 2025 (Cass. 1ère civ, 28 mai 2025 n° 23-18.737)...

By three court orders issued on 28 January 2016, the Nanterre Civil Court interim relief judge (Juge des référés du Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre) granted a provision to 13 patients who had taken the Médiator® drug...

Until now, there has been no requirement for an employee to demonstrate any loss suffered to be entitled to damages owing to a null and void non-compete clause inserted into his or her employment contract.

La Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence sur renvoi de la Cour de cassation est revenue sur l'usage de l'élément BIO au sein d'une marque qui ne doit pas revêtir de caractère trompeur...

National consumer protection associations are allowed to seek damages in order to obtain compensation for material losses suffered by consumers placed in a similar or identical situation.

Explore the complex regulatory landscape governing artificial intelligence applications in healthcare, examining the intersection of GDPR data protection requirements, AI-specific regulations, and French public health code provisions.

Partner Emmanuel Gaillard (Paris-International Arbitration) authored an article titled "L'avenir des chambres commerciales internationales de Paris" that was published by Revue Lamy Droit des ...

The criminal jurisdiction in France is a vital aspect of the legal system, playing a fundamental role...

On February 23, three climate advocacy groups—Friends of the Earth France, Notre Affaire à Tous and Oxfam France—filed a lawsuit alleging that a global financial institution...

La loi du 10 août 2018[1] pour un Etat au service d'une société de confiance dite loi ESSOC habilitait à réformer le dispositif applicable en matière de Taux Effectif Global (TEG) réclamée par les praticiens autour de deux grands axes.

In the case at hand, a patient was prescribed Mediator, an appetite suppressant, between 1998 and 2008.

This client alert is relevant for companies that are exposed to industrial risks in France, and addresses in particular the asbestos cases and the related injuries.

In France, the Trademark Office declared that it has rejected over 50 trademark applications for « Je suis Charlie » since the terrorist attacks in France.

On March 10, 2016, the French data protection agency (« CNIL ») pronounced a €100.000 ($111,715) fine against Google Inc. for failure to comply with its formal injunction of May, 2015...

L'inclusion de clause d'exclusion ou de limitation de responsabilité dans les contrats québécois exige une compréhension...

What do the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court stipulate about raising a preliminary objection and providing a response to such objections? Sofiane Belhadj-Kacem provides the answer in...

As a reminder, ordinance n° 2017-1387 of September 22, 2017, introduced the Macron scale of indemnification in cases alleging dismissal without real and serious cause...

Nous sommes ravis d'annoncer que notre cabinet, Haas Avocats, a été distingué par le prestigieux Décideurs Magazine comme l'un des meilleurs cabinets d'avocats de 2023.