Law on gender balance on corporate boards comes into effect on January 1, 2017
Gender equality on management and supervisory boards – how the regime applies to non-listed companies – penalties – application in the event of a merger.
The jurisdiction clause of Amazon’s general terms and conditions of sale ruled unfair
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the clause contained in Amazon’s general terms and conditions of sale was unfair insofar as it “gave consumers the incorrect impression that only the law of the supplier member state applied to the contract.”
Be careful with your hyperlinks!
A hyperlink pointing to content that infringes a copyright is presumed to be infringing itself if it is exploited for profit
On sending out our first International Newsletter of the year, we would like to offer you our very best wishes for the New Year.
2016 was an interesting and important year in the legal realm in France, as the Civil Code was significantly modernized, for the first time since the era of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The changes made have a significant impact on many aspects of the law, but particularly, contract law and M&A transactions.
The objectives of the changes were to simplify and therefore increase the attractivity of French law.
Certain well-known principles, already enshrined by case-law are now included in the Code. Such as, the principle of “good faith” negotiations.
There were also some interesting decisions last year relating to Amazon’s terms and conditions and copyright questions by French courts, that are summarized below. And some important developments in the area of international tax.
