Insurance contracts tightened: the Court of Cassation increases the pressure 

The year 2021 will undoubtedly mark a turning point in the Court of Cassation's fight to strengthen the protection of policyholders against insurance law mechanisms that have the effect of...

Order to pay: procedure, deadlines and 2026 reform

A payment order allows you to obtain payment of an unpaid invoice without prior legal action. Conditions, documents, deadlines, objections, and new rules applicable since September 2026.

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...

The tacit acceptance of a building project

Taking possession, payment for work, reservations or abandonment of the site: what elements allow us to characterize a tacit acceptance and to mobilize the builder's guarantees?

Strengthening prevention in occupational health

Law No. 2021-1018 of August 2, 2021, to strengthen prevention in occupational health, transposes the national interprofessional agreement (ANI) concluded by...

The universal transfer of assets transfers the capacity to sue and be sued from the absorbed company to the absorbing company

Two recent rulings by the Court of Cassation have served as a reminder of a fundamental principle regarding the universal transfer of assets, which occurs even after a dissolution without liquidation (Article 18...