29.01.2018

The expansion of the protection of professional secrecy attched to attorney-client correspondence in companies.

Via an extensive interpretation of the notion of attorney-client correspondence, the Paris Court of Appeal, in a judgement of November 8, 2017, expanded the scope of the protection of the professional…

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26.01.2018

Works Council: A Winning Bet?

In the shadow of the now famous Comité Social et Economique, the works council constitutes a new tool made available to social partners, offering them the possibility to imagine the social relations of the…

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25.01.2018

Altana Promotes Three Associates to Counsel

The partners of Altana are very pleased to announce the promotion to Counsel of Caroline Diot, Charlotte Hébert-Salomon and Stéphanie Smatt Pinelli. Altana announces the promotion to Counsel of Caroline…

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19.01.2018

Insuring Cyber Risk

Insuring Cyber Risk - what is at stake? The Cyber Risk Commission of the Club des Juristes, co-led by Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy, Partner at Altana and General Secretary of the Cyber Risk Commission, and…

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15.01.2018

L'innovation juridique, stratégie d'avenir des avocats d'affaires

The business world is rapidly changing. Companies are equipped with highly performant internal resources. Law firms need to position themselves at the forefront. Mickaël d’Allende analyzes this evolution…

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11.01.2018

Rapport Cadiet sur l’Open Data des décisions de justice : 3 questions au Professeur Louis Thibierge

De quoi s’agit-il ? De la mise en œuvre de la loi pour une république numérique, dite loi « Le Maire », du 7 octobre 2016. Cette loi instaure la mise à disposition du public à titre gratuit (« Open…

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08.01.2018

Interview BFM Business

Jean-Nicolas Soret was interviewed by Yves Vilagines during the television program "L'entreprise BFM" about service providers or distributors investing in companies.

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20.12.2017

The reform of contract law and securities transactions: some expected and welcome changes

A little more than one year after the entry into force of the Ordinance of February 10, 2017 and just before its ratification by the French Parliament, Gilles Gaillard analyzes the points of sensitivity of…

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19.12.2017

Innovative play between French and US laws: the cross-border acquisition of Viadeo

In one of the first cases of its kind, US Chapter 15 was used to recognize a French sale process in the cross-border acquisition of Viadeo, a French / US based social networking platform, by the Figaro…

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18.12.2017

Towards the creation of a specialized international commercial court?

Wednesday, 13 December 2017, a conference on the creation of a commercial court for international disputes was held at the Paris Court of Appeal. The conference, organized by the Paris Place du Droit…

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11.12.2017

Altana Contributes to the the Association Henri Capitant's Work on Globalisation

The Association Henri Capitant, of which Altana is partner, just published its work from the 2016 International Days dedicated to globalisation. The publication compiles the contributions presented…

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04.12.2017

Wire Fraud: Vigilance!

Between 2014 and 2015, 62% of companies were victim to at least one attempted wire fraud. In the November 2017 edition of the magazine CroissancePlus, Guillaume Forbin, Partner, provides the measures that…

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