FLASHNEWS I SOCIAL – Gender-Based and Sexual Violence in the Workplace: Starting Tomorrow, Internal Investigations Will No Longer Be an Option for Employers!
Until now, the law did not require employers to conduct an internal investigation following a report. That could change: On…
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FLASHNEWS | EMPLOYMENT – Severance Pay: Should You Negotiate Before It’s Too Late?
The 2027 Budget Bill (Art. 2) and Social Security Financing Bill (Art. 6), currently under review in the National Assembly,…
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ANALYSIS | BUSINESS LITIGATION – Case Law Review – September 2026
ANTI-CORRUPTION The AFA Sanctions Commission hands down its very first financial penalty *** French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) Sanctions Commission, Decision…
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PRESS | EGORA – Private-practice doctors: the CNIL is increasingly sanctioning failures to cooperate
Since 2024, the CNIL has issued 45 sanctions for “failure to cooperate”, including against private-practice healthcare professionals. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭? According to the CNIL, a healthcare professional fails to meet their duty to cooperate when they don’t respond, or…
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ANALYSIS | BUSINESS LITIGATION – Case Law Review – July 2026
FINANCING AGREEMENT Long term lease entered into by an authorised finance company: the Cour de cassation excludes the qualification as a financial service *** Cour de cassation, Commercial Chamber, 10 June 2026, No. 24-22.673, Published in the Bulletin In…
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ANALYSIS | COMMERCIAL LITIGATION – Case Law Review – May 2026
BUSINESS LAW Commercial debt collection: the establishment of quasi-automatic enforcement in the absence of a dispute Law No. 2026-307 of April 23, 2026 – Simplified procedure for the collection of uncontested commercial debts (Preparatory work: National Assembly, Private Member’s Bill,…
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MEDIA| Towards a unified European company law: the proposal for a 28th regime
For many years, European companies have faced a major structural challenge: the legal fragmentation of the Single Market, which requires them to navigate 27 different national corporate law systems. On 18 March 2026, the European Commission put forward a proposal aimed at…
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ANALYSIS | COMMERCIAL LITIGATION – Case Law Review – April 2026
CIVIL PROCEDURE Unfair Evidence in Civil Proceedings: Confirmation of the Proportionality Test Cour de cassation – First Civil Chamber, 4 March 2026, No. 25-17.582, published in the Bulletin A child was born in Belgium on 18 July 2023. On 23…
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FlashNews | Law relating to the introduction of a minimum number of nursing staff per hospitalized patient – published in the Journal Officiel on January 30, 2025.
Law no. 2025 – 74 of January 29, 2025, relating to the introduction of a minimum number of nursing staff per hospitalized patient, was published in the Journal Officiel on January 30, 2025. Until now, only a few care activities…
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Flash News | “Valletoux” decree on authorizations held by health cooperation groups (GSCs) “de moyens”
“Valletoux” decree on authorizations held by health cooperation groups (GSCs) “de moyens” – publication in the Journal officiel Law n°2023-1268 of December 27, 2023, known as the “Valletoux Law”, amended article L. 6133-7 of the French Public Health Code to…
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