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Morgan Lewis

The Weakening of Business Secrecy Before French Judges: The Negative Counterpart of the Right to Evidence in a Fair Trial

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The French High Court has just handed down a ruling confirming the weakening of the force of business secrecy in the name of the right to evidence principle, based on the right to a fair trial found in article 6 of the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Bulletin Concurrence VI - Paris │ Octobre ● Novembre ● Decembre 2022

1. CONTENTIEUX - ACTION EN FOLLOW-ON : ABSENCE DE RÉPARATION POUR LES SOCIÉTÉS DU GROUPE COLAS DANS L’AFFAIRE DU CARTEL DES CAMIONS - Dans un jugement remarqué du 27 octobre 2022, le tribunal de commerce de Lyon a...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Bulletin Concurrence IV - Paris │ Avril ● Mai ● Juin 2022

1. CONTENTIEUX - PREMIÈRE DÉCISION D’ENGAGEMENTS DE META - Par une décision du 16 juin 2022, l’Autorité de la concurrence (ADLC) a rendu obligatoires les engagements proposés par Meta, qui marquent, à notre connaissance, ...more

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France – Trade secrets protection optimized with new procedural measures before Courts

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The FRAND patent litigation case between Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL and LG Electronics Inc. and LG Electronics France offers a first and exemplary illustration of an extensive use of the procedural arrangements...more

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EU – Trade Secrets Law: practical implementation by businesses

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On 14 March, we organized alongside the Association française des juristes d’entreprise (AFJE) a workshop regarding the implementation of the Trade Secret Law in France, which was voted into force on 30 July 2018 and...more

Jones Day

New French Decree Modifies Rules to Protect Confidential Documents During Infringement Seizure

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Context: French Decree No. 2018-1126 of 11 December 2018 on the protection of trade secrets, enacted in application of Act No. 2018-670 of 30 July 2018, establishes rules to preserve trade secrets in the context of civil and...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

White & Case LLP

Publication of the Decree on the Protection of Trade Secrets in France

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Following the promulgation of Law n°2018-670 on the Protection of Trade Secrets on 30 July 2008 transposing the provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/493 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the...more

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New Trade Secrets Law for France

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On July 31st, 2018, France adopted a law on trade secret protection, loi n°2018-670 (hereafter “French Trade Secret Law“). The aim of this French Trade Secret Law is to offer companies protection for their economic and...more

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French legal and regulatory update – July to October 2018

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The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe from July to October 2018. ...more

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FRAND license litigation: new ways of accessing relevant rates in France

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Besides its new provisions defining the trade secret and sanctioning its infringements, the French Law of 30 July 2018 regarding Trade Secret offers new procedural instruments aimed at efficiently protecting the...more

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France promulgates new Trade Secrets Law as per the EU Directive 2016/943

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After the deadline and with several weeks additional delay caused by a constitutional challenge brought before the French Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) France has joined the band of roughly half of the...more

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