The companies Showroomprive.com and Vente-privee.com both specialize in online clearances of multi-brand surplus stocks and offer their members flash sales events (over a period of a few days) of unsold products at highly discounted prices. ... read more
The French law 2019-744 of July 19, 2019 (Soilihi Law) eliminated the requirement for simplified joint stock companies (SAS) to assess contributions in the form of services or know-how (apports en industrie) and, in some cases, the requirement to assess ... read more
While the courts are particularly concerned about the fate of the victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, nonetheless they are careful in accessing the facts which constitute sexual harassment by taking into account both the statutory provisions ... read more
The French draft Finance Bill for 2020 introduces a new tax residency requirement for executives of major French companies (article 4 B of the French Tax Code). According to the draft measure, officers of companies with headquarters in France and an annual ... read more
On July 18, 2019, in its role as the guardian of personal data, the French Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (“CNIL“), fined an insurance broker 180,000 euros and issued an order to publish the decision stating the ... read more
The aim is to raise money for the charity SWATS (Supporting West Africa Through Schooling) which is small UK based charity with no overheads and for whom any money raised from this challenge will make an immediate and tangible difference to the lives of the ... read more
The law no. 2019-744, dated July 19, 2019, on the simplification, clarification and modernization of company Law, known as the SOILIHI Law, came into effect and was published in the Journal Officiel on July 20, 2019. One of the measures of this law aims to ... read more
“Entering another employee’s professional email account and reading messages identified as “personal” constitutes a violation of the duties set forth in the employment contract that could result in disciplinary action or even ... read more
The 2019 Finance Act introduced a general anti-abuse corporate tax rule that allows the tax administration to disregard an arrangement or series of arrangements which: i. Having been put in place for the main purpose or one of the main purposes of obtaining ... read more
The Court of the European Union ruled one of Adidas’ figurative trademarks invalid. The above European Union figurative trademark was registered on May 21, 2014. However, the Belgian company, Shoe Branding, with its “two parallel stripes” ... read more