Two-year statute of limitations for insurance law: the Constitutional Council comes to the aid of insurers!

Marked by the Court of Cassation's attacks against provisions of the insurance code deemed insufficiently strict for insurers, 2022 ended with the unexpected boost 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...

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...

The order to pay, a simplified, quick and non-adversarial procedure

The order to pay is a simplified, fast, and non-adversarial procedure by which a creditor requests the recovery of a debt arising from a contract, a letter of intent, etc.

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...