Competition Law

Dictionary of Competition Law – Protection of legal privileges

Jérémy Bernard drafted the entry regarding the protection of legal privileges in the French version of the Dictionary of Competition Law displayed on the web site of Concurrences.[...]

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Information Technology

Last sanctions of the year 2021 pronounced by the CNIL against Google and Facebook regarding cookies

Last sanctions of the year 2021 pronounced by the CNIL against Google and Facebook for not having respected the law in force concerning the cookies deposited on their users' terminals.[...]

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Competition Law

Adoption of the French Decree extending by one year the application of the French special COVID-19 foreign investment control provisions

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities[...]

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Competition Law

One-year extension of the French special COVID-19 foreign investment control provisions

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities[...]

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Information Technology

GDPR : two draft guidelines adopted by the EDPB open for feedback

GDPR : two draft guidelines adopted by the EDPB open for feedback[...]

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Information Technology

The European data protection board clarifies its position in a new set of guidelines

In its guidelines dated 4 May 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EPDB), which gathers the regulatory authorities of all Member States, provided clarification in order to unify practices regarding[...]

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Labour Law

#COVID-19 : The Amazon decisions: Our top 10 takeaways

As employers in France resume their business activities and welcome employees and customers back to their premises, they should keep in mind these 10 key takeaways from the Amazon decisions.[...]

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French Investment

France to expand the scope of its foreign investment control mechanism

France to expand the scope of its foreign investment control mechanism. During a hearing before the Economic Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly on 29 April 2020, Bruno Lemaire,[...]

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Information Technology

Contact tracing application: “an individual choice pledge of collective responsibility”

The project of a mobile application to tackle the spread of coronavirus once lockdown is lifted is underway, but it will have to meet the principles laid out by data[...]

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Competition Law

#COVID-19 : French Competition Authority listens to professional associations

On 22 April 2020, the French Competition Authority (hereinafter the "Authority") published a press release stating that it had informally provided to the Rassemblement des opticiens de France (hereinafter the[...]

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