The French Cour de cassation has ruled that receiving stolen goods can extend beyond tangible property to include strategic information obtained through breach of trust, even when not recorded on physical media. This landmark decision adapts criminal law to modern economic realities where intangible assets and confidential business information hold significant value.

On November 8, 2016, France modernized its anti-corruption enforcement regime and adopted the Law on Transparency...

The risk of being faced with charges of criminal activity under French law, and especially business criminal law, has become an increased and particularly serious possibility for companies, their senior managers, and their employees.

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Business crimes are usually prosecuted by a public prosecutor. Upon completion of his/her investigation, a matter considered to have sufficient evidential support will be referred...

In a decision issued on June 21, 2022, the Criminal Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) recalled its case law according to which it is necessary...

Dans une décision du 21 juin 2022[1], la Chambre criminelle de la Cour de cassation rappelle sa jurisprudence selon laquelle il est nécessaire afin d'engager la responsabilité de la personne morale...

Sanctions financières, atteintes à l'image ou à la réputation, les risques attachés au non-respect des règles relatives à la non-conformité (la fameuse « compliance ») sont nombreux et souvent...

The French anti-corruption landscape shifted dramatically in 2016. At the time, I was drawing on twenty years of global investigative work, from the Airbus probe to FCPA reviews across Asia and the Middle East...

France has implemented both Council Directive 85/374/EEC of July 25, 1985 and Directive 2001/95/EC of December 3, 2001.