When selling a product, the seller must legally guarantee its customer against hidden defects. If the product is damaged by such a defect, then the customer has the right to request the cancellation of the sale or request a partial refund. But when can we speak of a hidden defect? Elements of answer in an article of our firm published by the website Actionco.fr.

https://www.actionco.fr/thematique/rh-1217/breves/vente-est-vice-cache-352370.htm

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Commercial agents: the clarification of the Court of Justice of the European Union

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a very important decision on June 4, 2020 regarding the definition of commercial agents. Adopting a different position from that of the French Court of Cassation, this decision will lead to granting the status of commercial agent more often.

The solutions.lesechos.fr website published on August 27, 2020 an article written by our firm recalling the stakes and the scope of this decision.

https://solutions.lesechos.fr/juridique/c/agents-commerciaux-la-clarification-de-la-cour-de-justice-de-lunion-europeenne-21925/

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Is it possible to do comparative advertising? André Bricogne, asked about this question by the site culturecuisine-lemag.com, pointed out the conditions of validity of comparative advertising in France and the sanctions for lawbreakers.

http://www.culturecuisine-lemag.com/pdf.php?pdfid=2689

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Letter n° 18 –  Current economic law – May / June 2020 –Newsletter of the law firm Henry & Bricogne.

This newsletter presents a selection of the case law in economic law (May / June 2020).

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As last year, André Bricogne and Xavier Henry will be speaking at Campus Paris 2020 (training course for lawyers) on 7 July 2020 at 2 pm on the topic “Unbalanced clauses in commercial contracts (Article L. 442-1, I, 2° of the Commercial Code): inventory of the situation and prospects after the reform of 24 April 2019”. This year, Campus is digital. Registration is open.

https://www.avocatcampus.org/calendrier/zoomsession.htm?zoom=de5fb399-fcaa-ea11-80f0-005056ae0696

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What are the possibilities for a company to bring an action when another company copies its products or the presentation of its products, its name or its advertising? An action based on economic parasitism may be the solution. Presentation of the principles and consequences of economic parasitism through an article written by our firm published by the website https://artisans.chefdentreprise.com on June 26, 2020.

https://artisans.chefdentreprise.com/Thematique/juridique-1062/Breves/Comment-lutter-contre-parasites-commerciaux-350437.htm

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Our law firm is listed in the ranking “The best law firms in 2020” established by the magazine Le Point (n° 2496, June 25, 2020) in the category of commercial, business and competition law.

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The credit management magazine, Fonction Crédit, publishes an article by our firm in its No. 79 (p. 34): does the state of health emergency exempt one from paying one’s creditors?

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Is resale at a loss still prohibited in France? The answer is yes.

Even though the law has been amended in recent years, resale at a loss is still prohibited, with a few exceptions. However, European legislation raises the question of the validity of the French ban on resale at loss to consumers. Examination of the outlines of this prohibition in an article of our firm published by the website chefdentreprise.com on May 29, 2020.

https://www.chefdentreprise.com/Thematique/juridique-1055/Breves/revente-perte-est-elle-toujours-interdite-348114.htm

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Letter n° 17 –  Current economic law – March / April 2020 –Newsletter of the law firm Henry & Bricogne.

This newsletter presents a selection of the case law in economic law (March / April 2020).

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Does the coronavirus give permission not to pay its creditors?

Even if Covid-19 was a case of force majeure, debtors could not invoke it as a reason for not paying their creditors who had performed their part of the contract. However, the debtors are not powerless to defer payment of the sums due because of the sanitary crisis. Read our Firm’s article on this subject published on the decision-achats.fr website.

https://www.decision-achats.fr/thematique/strategie-achats-1236/breves/coronavirus-donne-permission-pas-payer-ses-creanciers-348737.htm

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