Telephone marketing, reporting obligations and business operations

Newsletter No. 24 - Business Law - August 2015 Contents LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY NEWS Telephone Solicitation Decree of May 19, 2015 Simplifying Business Life Decree of May 18, 2015 Simplifying...

Employees on boards of directors

The 2013 job security law imposed the designation of directors representing employees on the boards of certain companies. This mainly concerns public limited companies with a board of directors or a management board and a supervisory board. These companies...

Simplification of reporting obligations for companies

Ordinance No. 2015-682 of June 18, 2015 on the simplification of employers' social declarations was taken on the basis of Law No. 2014-1545 of December 20, 2014 on the simplification of business life which has empowered the government to take measures to simplify the ob...

Simplification of business life

Decree No. 2015-545 of May 18, 2015 taken for application of Ordinance No. 2014-863 of July 31, 2014 relating to company law, taken pursuant to Article 3 of Law No. 2014-1 of January 2, 2014 empowering the Government to simplify and secure the life of businesses, revolves around three a...

Telemarketing

The Hamon Law extended consumers' right to opt out of telemarketing calls from all businesses, not just those participating in the Pacitel scheme. Failure to comply can result in a fine of up to €15,000 for the business...

Business Law – Case Law (May to July 2015)

Companies in difficulty 1. Extension of proceedings – Characterization of abnormal financial relationships 2. Declaration of claim – calculation of interest 3. Role of the judge in disputes over claims 4. Appeal against the admission of a claim 5. Action for compensation by employees 6. Liquidation ...