Company takeovers: triennial information for employees (decree of January 6, 2016)

The Macron Law amended Article 18 of the law relating to the social and solidarity economy and supplemented the information system for employees of companies with fewer than 250 employees. The aforementioned Article 18 stipulates that an information system for employees on the possibilities of taking over a company...

Finance law for the year 2016

Finance law no. 2015-1785 of December 29, 2015 for 2016 provides for provisions of direct interest to companies. I. Threshold effects in VSEs and SMEs Threshold effects in VSEs and SMEs have been limited by the...

Act to modernize our health system

The law modernizing our healthcare system was definitively adopted by the National Assembly on December 17, 2015, and published in the Official Journal on January 27, 2016. This legislation notably includes a ban on the use of electronic cigarettes in certain public places such as...

Business Law – Case Law (Sept.-Oct. 2015)

Contents 1. Failure to perform a transaction 2. Failure to file a proof of claim 3. Dispute of claim 4. Unfair competition: harm to a partner in a company in liquidation 5. Obligation of confidentiality ...

Newsletter No. 29 – Business Law – January 2016

Newsletter No. 29 - Business Law - January 2016 Shareholders, Mediation and Payment Deadlines Contents LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY NEWS Public Limited Companies: Reduction of the Minimum Number of Shareholders - Ordinance...

Payment times between professionals

Until the entry into force of article L.441-6 of the French Commercial Code amended by the Macron law, payment terms were set at forty-five days from the end of the month or sixty days from the date issue of the invoice. From now on, the deadline in principle is that of sixty days from the date of...