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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Flash News | New derogation from the exclusive practice of dedicated acts by IBODEs

Decree no. 2024-954 of October 23, 2024 on the conditions under which state-qualified nurses may perform the acts and activities mentioned in art. icle R. 4311-11-1 of the Public Health Code by State-qualified nurses, published in the JO of October…

Flash News | Sniffy powder: the French government sends its draft suspension order to the European Commission

Following the media uproar caused by the marketing of Sniffy energy powder, the French Ministers of Labor and Consumer Affairs have issued a draft order suspending the marketing of products sold in the form of products intended for nasal consumption.…