Biennial prescription of insurance law: the Constitutional Council to the aid of insurers!

Marked by the salvoes of the Court of Cassation against the provisions of the insurance code according to it not severe enough for insurers, the year 2022 ended with the unexpected reinforcement of the C...

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...

Turn of the screw on insurance contracts: the Court of Cassation increases the pressure 

The year 2021 will undoubtedly mark a turning point in the fight of the Court of Cassation in favor of strengthening the protection of policyholders against the mechanisms of insurance law which have the effect of...

The payment order, a simplified, quick and non-contradictory procedure

The order for payment The order for payment is a simplified, rapid and non-contradictory procedure by which a creditor requests the recovery of a claim arising from a contract, a letter of...

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...