La défense des intérêts professionnels ne peut pas justifier un appel collectif au boycott par le syndicat des chirurgiens-dentistes de France (CDF).
Auteur : Olivier VIBERT
Healthcare networks: freedom of association does not justify calls for boycotts
The defence of professional interests cannot justify a collective call for a boycott. The French Union of Dental Surgeons (CDF) has been definitively sanctioned for anti-competitive practices. By encouraging its members to refuse to join healthcare networks such as Santéclair, the union exceeded the limits of freedom of association and committed an infringement of competition law.
A warning to distributors of a risk of counterfeiting without a court ruling constitutes commercial disparagement
The Court of Cassation reiterates that a company cannot warn its competitor's distributors of a risk of counterfeiting in the absence of a court ruling confirming its rights. Such warnings constitute wrongful disparagement, even when they are worded with restraint. Court of Cassation, Commercial, Financial and Economic Chamber, 15 October 2025, No. 24-11.150 The facts: …
Avertir les distributeurs d’un risque de contrefaçon sans décision de justice constitue un dénigrement commercial
La Cour de cassation rappelle qu’une entreprise ne peut avertir les distributeurs de son concurrent d’un risque de contrefaçon en l’absence de toute décision de justice confirmant ses droits. De tels avertissements constituent un dénigrement fautif, même lorsqu’ils sont rédigés avec mesure. Un arrêt important pour les titulaires de droits d’auteur et les acteurs de …
Prescription de la responsabilité de l’expert-comptable : le délai butoir de vingt ans
Le délai de la prescription extinctive ne peut être reporté au-delà de vingt ans à compter du jour de lanaissance du droit. Le point de départ de ce délai butoir de vingt ans pour faire valoir un droit court, s'agissant d'une action en responsabilité d'un expert-comptable pour manquement à ses obligations contractuelles envers son client, …
CJUE : Le contrôle juridictionnel effectif des sentences du TAS est requise par le droit européen
Dans son arrêt C-600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing du 1er août 2025, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne consacre un principe fondamental : les juridictions des États membres doivent pouvoir exercer un contrôle juridictionnel effectif et approfondi sur les sentences arbitrales rendues par le Tribunal arbitral du sport (TAS). Les faits L’affaire trouve son …
CJEU: Effective Judicial Review of CAS Awards is required by European Law
In its ruling of 1 August 2025, Case C-600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) established a fundamental principle: courts of the Member States must be able to exercise an effective and thorough judicial review of arbitral awards rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 1. …
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Conservatory Arrest of Ships: Strict Application of the 1952 Brussels Convention
The French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) has provided an important clarification on the legal regime governing the conservatory arrest of ships, reaffirming the primacy and strict application of the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Seagoing ships, signed in Brussels on 10 May 1952. Cour de cassation …
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De Facto Companies and International Jurisdiction: The French Supreme Court Confirms the Jurisdiction of French Courts
Jurisdiction over the dissolution of companies, even when the company is a de facto company without legal personality, falls exclusively within the courts of the Member State where the company has its registered office, as determined under private international law rules.Under French law, in the absence of a statutory seat, one must identify the “real …
Commercial Lease: Rent uncapping requires only a potential to favor the tenant’s business
A significant change in local commercial factors justifies setting aside rent capping as long as it is likely to have a favorable impact on the tenant’s business activity, without the need to demonstrate an actual, measurable effect on the business carried out. Court of Cassation, 3rd Civil Chamber, September 18, 2025, Appeal No. 24-13.288 The …
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