Law No. 2016-1691 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernization of the economy of December 9, 2016, commonly referred to as the "Sapin II Law", has provided France...

Parent companies and large companies acting as principals may be held liable in the event of a breach of their duty of vigilance.

Before briefly describing the ins and outs of this Law, it appears essential to recall the events that led to this imbroglio in order to fully grasp the issues at stake, both for the United Kingdom and for the other 27 Member States of the European Union.

Almost one out of four investigations are triggered by a complaint or a report.

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. Companies will be required to identify and, where necessary, prevent, end or mitigate the adverse impacts...

La Cour de cassation a étendu le préjudice d'anxiété à toutes les substances nocives ou toxiques dans un arrêt du 11 septembre 2019.

Dans un arrêt du 22 novembre 2022, la Cour de Justice de l'Union Européenne avait invalidé le dispositif selon lequel les informations

Le changement de lieu de travail d'un salarié concomitamment au projet de mise en place d'un plan de sauvegarde à l'emploi caractérise un abus de l'employeur dans le cadre de son pouvoir de direction.

On June 23, 2023, the Paris Administrative Court handed down a decision whereby it decided to withdraw the accreditation of the anticorruption association Anticor, accreditation granted on April 2, 2021.

The French Anti-Corruption Agency created by Law No. 2016-1691 of December 9, 2016 on transparency, fight against corruption and modernization of the economy, commonly referred to as the "Sapin II Law", ...

This register was created by Decree dated December 29, 2021, with the aim of simplifying the rules governing the publication of security interests over moveable property,...

Through these work products, the French Health Authority provides tools for improving professional practices as part of the deployment of e-health in France.

On March 6, 2018, the CJEU ruled in the so-called Achmea case and held that a clause of a BIT allowing an investor from the EU to initiate arbitration proceedings against an EU Member State was incompatible with EU law.

Par deux décisions du 23 juin 2021, la Cour de cassation a rappelé que « l'employeur ayant connaissance de faits fautifs d'un salarié ...

Par une délibération n°2021-006 du 19 janvier 2021, la CNIL a rendu son avis sur un projet de décret visant à renforcer le dispositif de traçage des chaînes de transmission de la Covid-19...

In two judgments handed down on February 28, 2023, the summary judge of the Paris Judicial Court declared inadmissible the claims of several environmental protection...

It is with immense satisfaction that our founding partner André Soulier learnt that the appeal filed by certain members of the association La Parole Libérée against the January 30, 2020 decision of the Lyon Court of Appeals of Lyon ...

Dans notre actualité du mois d'août dernier, nous revenions sur une décision de la Cour de cassation précisant qu'en cas d'abus non avéré d'une liberté fondamentale par un salarié, son...

French criminal law is to be interpreted strictly. This principle, enshrined in Article 111-4 of the French Criminal Code, is a principle that permeates French criminal law.

On January 12, 2021, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, hereinafter "AFA") published its new guidelines which will serve as the reference framework for its investigations, effective from July 13, 2021.