Cookies: the cookie banner must allow users to refuse cookies as easily as they accept them!
Another sanction from the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) regarding cookies. As a reminder, the law stipulates that, with some exceptions, the user's consent must be obtained before any data is written or...
Franchisees: communicating an unrealistic forecast and an incomplete disclosure document can prove risky
Commercial Chamber of the Court of Cassation, December 1, 2021, No. 18-26.572. In a judgment dated December 1, 2021, the Court of Cassation upheld the conviction of a franchisor, based on fraud, to...
Force majeure and insecurity in the franchisee's location area
The known insecurity of the area where the business is located does not constitute an unforeseeable or unavoidable circumstance. Montpellier Court of Appeal, Commercial Chamber, October 26, 2021, No. 19/02199, SARL RACI...
Deceptive business practices: UFC-Que Choisir files a complaint against SFR
On May 11, 2021, UFC-Que Choisir announced that it had filed a complaint with the Paris Judicial Court against SFR for deceptive business practices. In January 2018 and December 2019, SFR was attempting to conquer the market...
The CNIL has issued mass formal notices regarding non-compliant cookies
On May 18, 2021, the President of the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) sent around twenty formal notices to private and public organizations, including international players, on the grounds that they were not allowing internet users...
Invoking trade secrecy rights regarding information contained in a summons
While trade secrets are generally invoked in relation to the production of documents in court, a ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal on April 8, 2021, reminds us that one can rely on trade secrets...