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France - E-merchants, don’t forget to update your T&Cs of sale!

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A new French Decree on the legal guarantee of conformity of goods, digital content and digital services was published on June 30th, 2022. A new French Decree no. 2022-946 on the legal guarantee of conformity of goods, digital...more

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France - E-commerçants, n’oubliez pas de mettre à jour vos CGV !

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Un nouveau décret relatif à la garantie légale de conformité pour les biens, les contenus numériques et les services numériques a été publié le 30 juin 2022...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Cour de Cassation Validates the Refusal by the Head of a Selective Distribution Network to Approve as Authorized Dealer a Retailer...

In decision n° 20-11.754 of Feb. 16, 2022, the commercial chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) decided that the head of a qualitative selective distribution network is entitled to refuse to approve...more

K&L Gates LLP

Does the French Lego Case Threaten the Building Blocks of Your Pricing Policy for Online Sellers?

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On 27 January 2021, the French competition authority (Autorité de la concurrence or ADC) adopted a decision accepting commitments from the building block producer Lego France (Lego) to amend its discount policy. The ADC...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.23.2020 | Top Story: Pandemic and Global Economy Dominate Virtual G-20 Meeting

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The G-20 held a virtual summit this weekend, and discussions about taming the pandemic and addressing “the global economic damage it has wrought dominated” the meeting....more

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Dawn Raid Update: Review of the EU General Court’s dawn raid appeal judgments in the distribution sector

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The Development - ..On 5 October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (GC) partially annulled decisions of the European Commission (EC) to order on-the-spot inspections (dawn raids) of a number of French...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.18.2020 | Top Story: Apple Cuts Revenue Expectations and HSBC Axes Jobs as Coronavirus Infects Business...

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Apple announced that the coronavirus outbreak that’s brought Chinese manufacturing to a near-standstill and continues to spread around the world will affect its quarterly sales expectations.  The news makes Apple “one of the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.16.2020 | Top Story: US and China Make Phase One Official While Trade Questions Linger

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Well, Phase One is official, thanks to a White House signing yesterday that included Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. With that act comes our first substantive look at the deal that’s been thus-far shrouded in secrecy. Some...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.8.2020 | Top Story: Speaker Company Sonos Sues Google for Patent Infringement

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Home speaker maker Sonos has sued Google, accusing the company of “infringing on five of its patents, including technology that lets wireless speakers connect and synchronize with one another.” Sonos had originally partnered...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

"Retail Rap" – Analysis of Business and Legal Trends in the Industry: July 2019

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From environmental concerns to accessibility in online shopping and the seemingly never-ending battle against counterfeiting, retail issues are making news—and presenting legal challenges to the industry. In this issue, we...more

Morgan Lewis

New Report Proposes Reforms to ‘Blocking Statute’ to Protect French Companies

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A recent report by French MP Raphael Gauvain recommends reinforcing the protection of the economic interests of French companies by reforming the blocking statute and introducing a tax against GAFA companies transmitting data...more

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EU Retail News - February 2018

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Do You Need to Appoint a Data Protection Officer in Your Organisation? Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any company that monitors individuals on a "large scale" or has "large scale" collections of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Do We Need A Truth In Advertising Act? The Industry and Retailers Self-Regulate Photoshopping Ads

Digitally altered images of models have been a controversial advertising issue for decades. In Great Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority Ltd., which is the governing regulatory advertising body, in 2011 banned...more

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EU Retail News - November 2017

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From 2 January 2018, the rules on how you can portray under-18s in advertising will get stricter. Marketing communications in non-broadcast media (including newspapers, direct marketing communications, posters, online...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – October 2017

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When is a private company considered a public body and subject to the EU procurement rules? A recent European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) case has thrown up a novel legal issue which will be of interest to all public...more

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EU Retail News - April 2017

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Considering a Retail Merger? The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has published new commentary to inform companies on how it assess retail mergers. ...more

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Combative French Plaintiff Obtains Extended Jurisdiction Over Cross-border Online Marketplace Sales

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On 21 December 2016, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down an interesting interpretation of jurisdictional issues in cross-border competition law and online sales. The ECJ ruled that courts of a Member State have...more

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International Product Liability Review - Issue 65

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The International Product Liability Review provides quality updates and comment from around the world on legal developments in the field of product liability and product safety. ...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – August 2016

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EU: Regulatory Scrutiny of Online Hotel Booking Continues - The 13 July 2016 saw the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announce that it had sent a questionnaire to a large sample of hotels throughout the UK. As...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

EU Retail News - April 2016

Welcome to the first issue of EU Retail News written by members of the Retail Team at Bryan Cave - EU and US: Marketing fitspiration from SoulCycle - SoulCycle has taken the US by storm, with fitness studios...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

EU & Competition Law Update - March 2016

Welcome to March's edition of our EU & Competition Law Bulletin covering recent legal developments impacting upon you and your business: - ..United Kindgdom: Large pay for delay fine imposed by CMA. ..Germany and...more

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