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6 Apr 2010, 6:46 am
[JURIST] A Paris judge has charged French oil company Total [corporate website] with bribery and complicity in connection with a scandal involving the UN's Iraq Oil-for-Food program [official website, JURIST news archive], the company's lawyer confirmed Tuesday. [read post]
26 Oct 2006, 7:29 pm
[JURIST] A Moroccan believed to have ties to two figures connected to the September 11 attacks [JURIST news archive] was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday after a French criminal court found him guilty of "associating with wrongdoers in connection with a terrorist undertaking," an offense that encompasses a number of criminal activates. [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 10:00 pm
Getting the Deal Through – Labour & Employment provides international analysis in key areas of labor and employment law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and business people. [read post]
30 Mar 2006, 2:55 pm
[JURIST] The French Constitutional Council [official website] on Thursday declared [press release] that the First Employment Contract (CPE) [text], a controversial labor law which allows employers to hire workers under 26 for a conditional two-year period at the end of which they can be dismissed without cause, is constitutional. [read post]
13 Mar 2003, 2:03 am
[JURIST] Speaking Thursday in Paris, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin rejected proposed UK amendments to the draft US-UK-Spain Security Council resolution authorizing use of military force against Iraq. [read post]
7 Jun 2006, 4:17 am
[JURIST] French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy [BBC profile] said Monday that he supports changing a proposed immigration bill [text; legislative materials] now under debate [session transcript] in the French Senate to allow some children of illegal immigrants currently attending French schools to remain in the country. [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 1:50 am
[JURIST] The French Council of State [official website, in French] has denied [ruling, PDF, in French] a Moroccan-born Muslim woman's citizenship application because she failed to assimilate to French culture and she practices a type of Islam found incompatible with French values. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 7:26 pm
[JURIST] Alleged French "rogue trader" Jerome Kerviel [BBC profile] was released on bail Monday after French judges filed preliminary charges of "breach of trust," "falsifying and using falsified documents," and "breaching IT access codes" against him relating to $73 billion worth of unauthorized trades he made while working for French bank Societe Generale [bank website]. [read post]
25 Jul 2018, 7:04 am
Almost two years ago, we reported that Belgium's then-new regs permitting "assisted suicide" for minors was up and, er, running:"The first child to be killed by “assisted suicide” since Belgium legalized the practice for minors has had his life snuffed out. [read post]
12 May 2009, 8:34 am
[JURIST] The French National Assembly [official website, in French] on Tuesday approved an amended version of a controversial internet piracy bill [materials, in French] that would cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material by a vote of 296 to 233. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 11:02 am
[JURIST] A French court Monday froze bank accounts belonging to several Russian state organizations [BBC report; Kommersant report] including the Central Bank of Russia, [official website] the Russian Finance Ministry [official website], the presidential administration's foreign property arm, the Russian Energy Ministry [official website], state arms monopoly Rosoboronexport, [company website] [read post]
7 Jun 2006, 3:29 am
[JURIST] A French trial court has ordered the French government and the state-controlled railway SNCF [corporate website] to pay 60,000 euros, or about $80,000 US, in compensation to a Jewish family for complicity in crimes against humanity. [read post]
6 Jun 2022, 10:00 pm
Getting the Deal Through – Labour & Employment provides international analysis in key areas of labor and employment law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and business people. [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 10:00 pm
Getting the Deal Through – Labour & Employment provides international analysis in key areas of labor and employment law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and business people. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 9:35 am
[JURIST] French prosecutors asked a judge to file preliminary charges on Monday against alleged "rogue trader" Jerome Kerviel [BBC profile] in connection with what is being called the largest bank fraud in history. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 4:20 am
But, too busy to blog just now. [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 10:31 am
[JURIST] French Justice Minister Rachida Dati [official profile, in French] pressed a bill to toughen the country's criminal code [transcript, in French] in an appearance before the National Assembly [official website, in French] Tuesday. [read post]
6 Jun 2022, 10:00 pm
Getting the Deal Through – Labour & Employment provides international analysis in key areas of labor and employment law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and business people. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 1:09 pm
Reuters on Thursday reported that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is under increasing criticism by those who say he is violating the French notions of church-state separation by his frequent positive references to God and religion. [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 10:00 pm
Getting the Deal Through – Labour & Employment provides international analysis in key areas of labor and employment law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and business people. [read post]
