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Full reference: Lagarde, P., Preface of Le tournant global en droit international privé, Muir-Watt, H., Biziková, L., Brandão de Oliveira, A., Fernández Arroyo, D. P., Ma, M. (ed.), Editions Pedone, 2020, pp. 9-14 Read Paul Lagarde's preface (in French)

Full reference: Cour de Cassation, Chambre criminelle, 25th of November 2020 (18-86.955), Decision n°2333, société Iron mountain France SAS Read the decision (in French) Read the press release from the Cour de Cassation (in French) ​Read the explication note from the Cour de Cassation (in French) Read Julie Gallois' comment   Summary of the decision In this decision constituting a case law reversal, the Chambre criminelle of the Cour de Cassation decides that the firm which absorbs the one to which are imputable facts which can receive a penal qualification leading to penalties of fines has the aptitude to answer penally. The decision precises that this reversal is applicable only to future cases, to respect the principle of predicability, except if this merging was operated only to escape from criminal responsibility of moral persons.  This case is an example of the use of Criminal Liability Law as an incentive.     

Full reference: Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC Read the directive

► Full Reference: Conseil d'État (French Council of State), 6th and 5th chambers reunited, 19 November 2020, n° 427301, Commune de Grande-Synthe (so-called Grande-Synthe I). - 🏛️read the decision (in French) -

Full reference: CJEU, 1st chamber, 18th of November 2020, decision C‑519/19, Ryanair DAC vs DelayFix Read the decision   Summary of the decision This decision of the CJEU of 18th of November 2020 is about the jurisdiction clause for any dispute in air transport contracts, here those of Ryanair. This decision is especially interesting about the question to know whether the professional assignee (collection company) of a debt whose holder was a consumer may or may not avail itself of the consumer protection provisions, canceling the scope of this type of clause.  The Court takes back the criteria and the solution already used in 2019 about a credit contract: the protection applies by the criterion of the parties to the contract and not of the parties to the disputes. Such a clause is effective only if the integrality of the contract is transferred to the professional, and not only some of the stipulations. This Regulatory decision, through "private enforcement", incentivizes consumers to transfer their compensation claim (around 250 euros) to collection companies which, in turn, discipline airlines to stay on schedule.

Full reference: US Securities and Exchanges Commission, Whistleblower Program. 2020 Annual Report to Congress, 16th of November 2020 Read the report   Read, to go further on the question of whistleblowers: Frison-Roche, M.-A., The impossible unicity of the legal category of whistleblowers, working paper, 2019  

Full reference: Kessedjian, C., Le tiers impartial et indépendant en droit international. Juge, arbitre, médiateur, conciliateur, Académie de Droit international de La Haye, 2020, 769p.   Read the forth of cover (in French) Read the table of content (in French)

►Full Reference: Barraud de Lagerie, P., Béthoux, E, Mias, A., Penalva Icher, E., 📝 La mise en oeuvre du devoir de vigilance : une managérialisation de la loi ?, in  Droit et Société, 2020/3 n° 106, p. 699-714. - ►English Summary of the Article:(done by the Authors) : Implementing the Corporate Duty of Vigilance: A Case of Managerialization of Law? The 2017 French Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law obliges companies within its scope to draw up a “vigilance plan” and to publish it immediately in their next annual management report. The article analyzes how these first “vigilance plans” were drafted in 2018-2019. Following Lauren B. Edelman's theory of legal endogeneity, the authors question how the French law is being incorporated by companies and they examine the extent to which a process of managerialization shapes these plans. Firstly, the authors argue that companies have heavily relied on pre-existing tools and policies, while taking the drafting of the plans as an opportunity to rationalize these tools. Secondly, the authors argue that this managerialization of law occurs under the critical eye of the nongovernmental organizations that actively contributed to the statute’s adoption and that promote alternative ways for its implementation. Duty of vigilance – Endogenization of law – Implementation – Managerialization – Multinational companies.  -

Full reference: Coeurquetin, R., Comparaison mécanique des versions 2017 et 2020 des recommendations de l'Agence Française Anti-corruption sur la cartographie des risques de corruption, October 2020, 9 p.  Read the mechanical comparison (in French) To go further on the question of risk mapping, read Marie-Anne Frison-Roche's working papers: Drawing up Risk Maps a an Obligation and the Paradoxe of "Compliance Risks" and Anchor Points of the Risk Mapping in the Legal System

Full reference: Serious Fraud Office, Operational Handbook about Deferred Prosecution Agreements, October 2020 Read the Operational Handbook

Full reference: Petit, N., Droit européen de la concurrence, 3rd edition, Collection "Précis Domat Droit Public/Droit privé", Lextenso – LGDJ, 2020   Read the forth of cover (in French) Read the table of contents (in French)

Full reference: Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 9th of October 2020, Ordonnance de référé, Veolia/Suez, N° RG 20/56077   Read the ordonnance de référé (in French)

Full reference: Financial Stability Board, The Use of Supervisory and Regulatory Technology by Authorities and Regulated Institutions. Market Developments and Stability Implications, Report of 9th of October 2020, 36 p.  Read the report Read the presentation of the report by the Financial Stability Board To go further on the question of the use of new technologies in regulatory processes, read Marie-Anne Frison-Roche's working paper: Analysis of blockchains with regards with the uses they can fulfill and the functions that the ministerial officers must ensure  

Full reference: CJEU, Grand Chamber, 6th of October 2020, Privacy International c/ Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, C-623/17. Read the judgment  Read the summary of the judgment (in French) Read the opinion of the Advocate General  Read the reference for a preliminary ruling from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal – London (United Kingdom)

Full reference: Baer, B., Proposals to Strengthen the Antitrust Laws and Restore Competition Online, Testimony before the United-States House of Representatives, Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, 1st of October 2020 Read the testimony Read Bill Baer's presentation by Brookings Institution of which he is a member

Full reference of the guidelines: Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), Délibération n°2020-091 du 17 septembre 2020 portant adoption de lignes directrices relatives à l'application de l'article 82 de la loi du 6 janvier 1978 modifiée aux opérations de lecture et écriture dans le terminal d'un utilisateur (notamment aux "cookies et autres traceurs") et abrogeant la délibération n°2019-093 du 4 juillet 2019  Full reference of the recommendation: Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), Délibération n°2020-092 du 17 septembre 2020 portant adoption d'une recommandation proposant des modalités pratiques de mise en conformité en cas de recours aux "cookies et autres traceurs".  Read the guidelines (in French) Read the recommendation (in French) Read the presentation of these guilines and of this recommendation by the CNIL (in French)  Read Marie-Anne Frison-Roche's comment about this in the Newsletter MAFR – Law, Regulation & Compliance of 1st of October 2020

Full reference: Giuliani-Viallard, A., The Europe of Compliance, at the heart of tomorrow's world. For a transformation of our European businesses and the upturn in their international competitiveness, European Issue, n°572, policy paper from the Robert Schuman Foundation, 28th of September 2020, 3 p. Read the policy paper

Full reference: Westminster Magistrates' Court, 28th of September 2020, Uber London Limited v. Transport for London  Read the decision Read Marie-Anne Frison-Roche's commentary in the Newsletter MAFR – Law, Regulation & Compliance