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Clause under a contract and significant imbalance in the parties’ rights
According to French commercial law, a contractual term or clause under a contract entered into between professionals or businesses may be annulled by the court if it causes a significant imbalance in the parties' rights and obligations arising under the contract....

Brexit : What consequences for british workers in France and their employers?
Employment Law
Arst Avocats assists companies and advises them on the social regulations applicable to their sector of activity.
It contributes to the implementation of mandatory or optional sy...

The organization of general meeting at the time of Covid-19: prorogation and clarification of the applicable legal regime
Although the exceptional and derogatory regime resulting from the Ordonnance n°2020-321 of March 25, 2020 had come to determine the new rules applicable to the general meetings of shareholders convened and held during the period of health crisis related to Covid-19, s...

Merger by absorption and public prosecution against the absorbed company
Reversal of case law: merger by absorption does not lead to the termination of the public prosecution against the absorbed company
Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, 25.nov.2020, n°18-86.955 FS PBI, Société Iron Mountain France
In a decision dated November...

La fusion-absorption et l’action publique contre l’absorbée
Revirement de jurisprudence : la fusion-absorption n'entraîne pas l'extinction de l'action publique dirigée contre l'absorbée
Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, 25.nov.2020, n°18-86.955 FS PBI, Société Iron Mountain France
Par un arrêt en date du 25 n...

Le statut d’agent commercial et le pouvoir de négocier les prix
Revirement jurisprudentiel : la Cour de cassation reconnait que le statut d’agent commercial n’implique pas nécessairement le pouvoir de négocier les prix
Cour de cassation, civile, Chambre commerciale, 2 décembre 2020, 18-20.231, Publié au bulletin
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