Altice was fined €80 million for jumping the gun when it acquired SFR and Virgin Mobile/OTL in 2014.
Please note that this Client Alert is based on the press release published by the French Competition...more
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF CLASS/COLLECTIVE ACTIONS IN YOUR JURISDICTION? ARE THEY POPULAR AND WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TRENDS?
Definition of class/collective actions -
The types of collective action addressed in this...more
10/7/2015
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A revised leniency procedural notice enhances the legal certainty and the procedural safeguards governing the French leniency procedure.
On April 3rd 2015, the French Competition Authority (the FCA) issued a revised...more
The French Government decree allows accredited consumer associations to launch class actions.
On 24 September 2014, the French Government enacted a decree implementing the class action mechanism created by the “Loi...more
EU High Court adopts narrow interpretation of “by object” restrictions and boosts effects-based approach with significant implications for cooperation/joint venture agreements.
The European Court of Justice has...more
Une genèse longue et difficile
La question de l’introduction d’une « class action » en droit français a fait l’objet de nombreux débats dans le paysage juridique et politique national et ce, depuis maintenant quarante...more
3/25/2014
A long-awaited law -
The question of the introduction of class actions has caused much turmoil in France’s legislative and political sphere over the past decades. After many years of debate, the French Senate and...more