Deceptive business practices: UFC-Que Choisir files a complaint against SFR

On May 11, 2021, UFC-Que Choisir announced that it had filed a complaint with the Paris Judicial Court against SFR for deceptive business practices. In January 2018 and December 2019, SFR was attempting to conquer the market...

Support for business takeovers during the Covid period

Since the start of the health crisis, business buyers have been largely overlooked in government aid programs. Thus, if an entrepreneur had the foresight to purchase a business in 2020, they must be financially...

Closed-door meetings and other exceptional measures governing the holding of general assemblies and collegial meetings

Law No. 2021-689 of May 31, 2021, concerning the management of the exit from the health crisis, extends, once again, the period of application of the exceptional measures relating to the holding of general meetings until September 30, 2021 (...

The CNIL has issued mass formal notices regarding non-compliant cookies

On May 18, 2021, the President of the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) sent around twenty formal notices to private and public organizations, including international players, on the grounds that they were not allowing internet users...

Tremplin Scheme – Financial boost for micro-enterprises and SMEs committed to the ecological transition

The implementation of the "France Relance" plan: Finance your ecological transition projects with financial aid from the "Tremplin pour la transition écologique des PME" (Springboard for the ecological transition of SMEs) program...

Invoking trade secrecy rights regarding information contained in a summons

While trade secrets are generally invoked in relation to the production of documents in court, a ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal on April 8, 2021, reminds us that one can rely on trade secrets...