We explore the trends for Business and Commercial Disputes in the UK, US and France/EU in 2025. Here's what you should know...more
2/6/2025
/ Business Disputes ,
Class Action ,
Contract Disputes ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Employment Litigation ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
France ,
Internal Investigations ,
Litigation Funding ,
Mergers ,
Representations and Warranties ,
Shareholders ,
UK
In recent years, banking fraud in France has surged, driven by advanced technology and the integration of payment methods and mobile banking. We do a deep dive into the legislation to help our clients stay informed and...more
7/30/2024
/ Authentication ,
Bank Fraud ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
France ,
Fraud ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Popular ,
Spoofing ,
Statutory Requirements
In a ruling dated 27 March 2024 (no. 22-21.200), the French Supreme Court (‘Cour de Cassation’) - citing European case law - held that a payment service provider can only be held liable for an unauthorised or incorrectly...more
6/26/2024
/ Corporate Liability ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
France ,
Liability ,
Member State ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Payment Systems ,
PSD ,
Supreme Court of France
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD or CS3D). On 1 June 2023, the European Parliament adopted its position. ...more
The CSDD Directive thus adopted goes well beyond the obligations under the French corporate law on duty of care: it widens the scope of the companies concerned and imposes heavy penalties. ...more
On 18 October 2023, the Commercial Division of the French Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) issued a noteworthy ruling, in which it judged its own case law on restrictive competition practices to be "complex", a source of...more
2/15/2024
/ CNIL ,
Commercial Court ,
Competition ,
Consent ,
Contract Disputes ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Distributors ,
Email ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
France ,
French Commercial Code ,
French Competition Authority ,
French Supreme Court ,
Internet Retailers ,
Jurisdiction ,
Online Platforms ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Unsolicited Advertisements
In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in green products and the promotion of sustainable objectives across the financial services industry. For example, we have seen much discussion of green loans, green...more
2/13/2024
/ Banks ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
France ,
Germany ,
Greenwashing ,
Investment Funds ,
SFDR ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
UK
In an important judgment handed down on 29 June 2023 (Case C-211/22), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that a vertical agreement to fix minimum prices does not necessarily constitute a restriction...more
10/25/2023
/ Advertising ,
Anti-Competitive ,
CNIL ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Data Controller ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
White Collar Crimes
Dawn raids: the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal orders the destruction and return of mailboxes delivered by a company, whose premises had been searched, after the closure of the dawn raids.
On April 5, 2023,...more
Welcome to the first edition of the Litigation Gazette. Each quarter, BCLP's Paris team keep you informed of the main litigation news in competition law, commercial litigation, labor law, IP/IT/Data and compliance.
In this...more
The Paris Court has ruled against Sanofi in the Depakine case on the class action initiated by an association. According to a parliamentary report dated 11 June 2020, only twenty-one class actions have been brought to court...more