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Pay close attention to ensuring contractual compliance with applicable duration requirements
The reform of contract law has resulted in new provisions in the Civil Code governing the duration of contracts. While not profoundly innovative, these provisions, which enshrine various rules and concepts applicable to this subject, should lead to a more meticulous approach to it, particularly...

The consideration of the interdependence of contracts brought about by the reform
The reform of contract law recognizes that a contract may have been concluded as part of a larger operation and be closely linked to other contracts concluded within that operation, by providing that said contract may be called into question by the disappearance of one of them....

Contract law reform: Action is now required
The reform of contract, obligations, and evidence law has now come into effect. It must be understood and integrated quickly, as it has established new principles and rules applicable to contracts concluded since October 1, 2016, and, in principle, to contracts that will be renewed or tacitly renewed.

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
Law No. 2015-1785 of December 29, 2015, the Finance Law for 2016, contains provisions directly affecting businesses. I. Threshold Effects in Very Small Businesses and SMEs. The threshold effects in very small businesses and SMEs have been limited by the law...

Law to modernize our healthcare 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...