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SECTOR EXPERTISE: industry, retail, services

  • INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
    • Type of clientele
      • all manufacturing industries
      • Automative industry
      • Healthcare industry
      • Food Industry
    • Selected operations:
      • all industrial cooperation contracts, feasibility and development contracts, manufacturing/subcontracting agreements, industrial complex equipment purchase agreement, logistics contracts (transport, packaging and labelling), all support contracts to industrial sites ("facilities management"), patents transfer/licence contracts...
      • review and negotiation of industrial and commercial contracts with respect to French and European rules (horizontal and vertical restraints regulations) and French specific rules (restrictive practices and price transparency)
      • assistance and representation within the context of prelitigation and litigation (clients and suppliers) and assistance in  amicable and judicial expertises (products liabillity and building defects)
      • assistance of a medical devices manufacturer and an inventor within the context of a patent claim of ownership; negotiation of a settlement agreement
      • assistance of an industrial manufacturer within the context of a  winnding-up pursuabt to classified installations regulation
    • Related publications
      • « The Volkswagen scandal »:  Reminder of the possible judicial actions in France against any industrial suspected of deceptive practice (see publication)
      • The healthcare industry under scrutiny and forced to be more transparent (see publication)
      • Health claims on  food products: a few clues for greater clarity (see publication)
      • The plight of the last operator of a polluted industrial site: liable even if not guilty (see publication)
      • Industrial partnerships: know how to chose the appropriate legal framework (Cahiers juridiques du Journal du Vrac et du Journal des Fluides / mai-juin 2007)
      • Industrial subcontracting: peculiarities and news (Cahiers juridiques – Journal du Vrac et Journal des Fluides/mai 07)
      • Updated news on general terms of sale since 2005: what is new  for industrials? (Cahiers juridiques – Journal des Fluides, novembre 2007)
  • RETAIL SECTOR
    • Type of clientele
      • Jewellery
      • Equipment
      • Textile
    • Selected operations
      • drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts: general conditions of sale ("B to B" and "B to C"), distribution, transfer/licence of trademarks, commercial leases...
      • review of commercial policy pursuant to competition rules (vertical restraints, restrictive practices), pursuant to consumer law (deceptive commercial practices) and price transparency law, if necessary
      • assistance and representation of clientele within the context of consumer claims, DGCCRF investigations, restrictive practices and unfair competition grievances (bashing campaign, parasitism)
    • Related publications
      • When the legal protection afforded to commercial agents turns against them (see publication)
      • Qui est le moins cher ("who is the cheapest")? reigniting the price war within the food retail sector (see publication)
      • Ban on online  sales: a  crime of lese-majesty?! (Judgment of the CJEU dated October 13, 2011) (see publication)
      • The prohibition of online sales deemed to be a "hardcore" restriction by the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (see publication)
      • Decisions against commercial agents: rare enough to be noted (see publication)
      • Updated news: the recent modifications of French law relating to sales promotion through price policy (based on Commission Attali, Hagelsteen report, the Chatel law of January 2008) (parution sur site Internet Magdus / Observatoire européen des centres de marques et magasins d’usine / Paroles d’expert)
      • The European regulation related to sales promotion through prices (parution en décembre 2007 sur le site Internet Magdus / Observatoire européen des centres de marques et magasins d’usine / Paroles d’expert)
      • Quiestlemoinscher.com ("who is the cheapest.com"): the judgment's lessons (Journal du Net, 08/08/06)
      • the "Made in France" label on clothes (Fashion Daily News, 19/05/06)
  • SERVICES SECTOR
    • Type of clientele
      • Media
      • Entertainment
    • Selected operations
      • all  services contracts, sponsoring, sports marketing, trademarks license, provacy policy, computer contracts, personal data legal opinions
      • review of any contract pursuant to applicable competition rules
      • assistance and representation of clients within the context of commercial litigation and competition matters (ex. company in the broadcasting sector summoned for abuse of dominant position in the sports marketing sector)
    • Related publications
      • Invalid « Safe Harbor »: what should be done about current contracts with US companies? (see publication)
      • Quick Guide to Private-Copy Levy systems, World Law Group Ltd., 2013 (contribution pour la France)
      • Private copying and e-commerce: consumer information as bullwark against disortosions of competition and loss of revenue resulting from the non-payment of private copying levies (see publication) 
      • Cybersquatting, the advantages of the WIPO procedure (Journal du Net, 6 mars 2008)

 

  • All sectors publications
  • All publications in Competition & Antitrust law (see publications)
  • Commercial practices : first overview (Les Echos, 5 décembre 2007)
  • Complying with new compulsory payment terms (Usine Nouvelle, juin 2009)
  •  Payment terms: new rules in 3 questions (Revue de la Confédération Générale du Patronat des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises – CGPME, juillet 2009)
  • Maximum contractual payment terms effective since January 1, 2009: recent developments (see publication)
  • Automatic application of late penalties in the absence of a contractual clause (see publication)
  • Useful information on the application of maximum contractual paymeent terms effective since January 1, 2009 (see publication)