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DDADUE Law Ushers in a New Era for Class Actions in France

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On April 30, 2025, France enacted a new law aimed at aligning French law with EU law (known as the "DDADUE Law"), which, under Article 16, introduces a new class action regime fully in line with the EU Representative Actions...more

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France & UK Continue Corporate Criminal Enforcement: SFO Issues New Corporate Guidance

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Foreign regulators continue to intensify their efforts to combat bribery and corruption. France’s Anti-Corruption Agency (L’Agence française anticorruption or AFA) recently published its year-in-review for 2024, which showed...more

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COVID-19 crisis in France: beware of fraudulent international wire transfers

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The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a resurgence of fraudulent international wire transfers. Companies and banks should therefore be extra vigilant when dealing with international wire transfer orders....more

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US v. Hoskins: FCPA Guilty Verdict Overturned as Court Gives Definition to the Term "Agent"

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In November 2019, we reported that a jury found Lawrence Hoskins, a senior executive at a French company, guilty of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") violations. Two years earlier, the District Court granted dismissal of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Coronavirus FAQs for Multi-National Employers

HOW SHOULD MULTI-NATIONAL EMPLOYERS APPROACH THE CORONAVIRUS? Those that employ a global workforce are facing unique challenges with the evolving coronavirus outbreak. The number-one priority of every global employer is...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Transatlantic Approach on Corporate Cooperation: How Newly Issued French and UK Guidance Compare to US Practices

As widely anticipated, French and U.K. regulators recently published guidance detailing their expectations for corporate cooperation in enforcement investigations. Both sets of guidance demonstrate further alignment of those...more

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The French Anti-corruption Agency is Publishing Guidance on Corporate Gifts & Invitations Policies

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The French Anti-corruption Agency ("AFA") has published a draft "Guide on Gifts and Invitations Policies" ("Guide pratique sur les politiques cadeaux et invitations en entreprise") for corporations and non-profit...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

WilmerHale

USTR Launches Section 301 Probe of France's Digital Services Tax

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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced on July 10 the initiation of an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into France’s digital services tax (“DST”). The French Senate...more

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Trade & Manufacturing - News of Note - July 2019

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U.S. Senators Call For Treasury To Raise Taxes On French Interests In Response To Potential Digital Services Tax - On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, through its Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Les règles contraignantes d'entreprises ("BCR"), une solution pour les multinationales qui peut être à géométrie variable

I. Les BCR pour faciliter les transferts intra-groupes - Les données personnelles ont vocation à circuler sans s’arrêter aux frontières de l’Union européenne (« UE »). Aussi, le règlement général sur la protection des...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - January 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including DOJ guidance on the use of corporate monitors in criminal...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

In a first coordinated resolution, US and French authorities announce agreement to settle criminal charges with Paris-based...

On June 4, 2018, Société Générale S.A., together with a subsidiary of the Paris-based global financial services institution, announced an agreement with both French and American authorities to resolve charges relating to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Brexit: Much Discussed, Little Understood

Katja Kaulamo (Frankfurt, capital markets): With structural and political change in Europe in 2017, the European capital markets industry was left in a state of uncertainty pending the final outcome of the Brexit...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

International Taxation in the Digital Era: The Rapidly Evolving European Perspective

Europe’s politicians worry that international tax rules have not kept pace with the digital economy and too easily allow multinationals to organize their global operations to minimize net taxable profits in high-tax European...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – November 2017

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EU opens investigation into UK tax scheme for multinationals - The EU State aid rules are designed to stop Governments and local authorities giving companies a selective advantage, as doing so would create an unequal...more

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The French Duty of Vigilance Law: What You Need to Know

As previously noted, on February 21, 2017, the French National Assembly adopted a law establishing a “duty of vigilance” for large multinational firms carrying out all or part of their activity in France. In a subsequent...more

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French National Assembly Adopts Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law

On February 21, 2017, the French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) adopted proposed legislation defining a duty of vigilance for parent companies and their subcontractors. The law provides that multinational firms...more

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Webinar: Secondment - Sending Staff to Europe

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Imagine your company has obtained a major contract to provide services globally, in particular in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Although you may have offices in these countries, you need to temporarily second...more

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International Crackdown: Tax Authorities Look to Employment Structures in Initiating Audits

In structuring their workforces abroad, taxes are a major driving force for employers—and if recent government initiatives are any indicator, employers should take care when considering the tax implications of their staffing...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Notions de secret professionnel dans un monde des affaires mondialisé

Dans notre monde des affaires désormais mondialisé, nombreuses sont les contraintes d’ordre juridique, dépassant le strict cadre national, qui sont depuis longtemps maîtrisées par les acteurs économiques, que ce soit, par...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

No Safe Harbour? Immediate Implications for Employers

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A landmark decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that companies may no longer rely on “Safe Harbour” to justify transferring personal data from the European Union to the US, because the US Government has a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Focus on Tax Controversy - Summer 2015

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The French 3 Percent Distribution Tax: Claiming a Refund - Since December 2012, French companies have been liable for a 3 percent tax on distributions to their shareholders (3 Percent Tax), but practitioners have widely...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Robust Action Dominates Global Government Enforcement Landscape"

In the global criminal and regulatory enforcement arena, robust enforcement actions against multinational companies are likely to continue worldwide in 2015. In North and South America, Europe and Asia, with criminal...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2014

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month with links to primary...more

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