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Unpaid invoice? What a mise en demeure does, and why courts expect one first.

A walkthrough of the White House AI plan of July 2025 and what it signals.

Paid leave and sick leave: the Commission opens infringement proceedings against France (in French).

Denmark’s action to annul the EU minimum wage directive, and what the statistics show (in French).

France plans to tighten mutual-termination agreements: procedure, figures and debate (in French).

Why the EU Green Claims Directive stalled, and what it means for small businesses.

Foreign-trained doctors ordered to repay up to €100,000 in bonuses: the legal questions (in French).

Denmark wants your face and voice protected like a copyrighted work. Here is how.

The EU energy label now covers smartphones and tablets: what manufacturers must display (in French).

New occupational health forms and employer duties from 1 July 2025 (in French).

Working-time limits, on-call duty and rest for medical interns in France (in French).

Piloting AI tools counts as implementation: the works council must be consulted first (in French).

The European Health Data Space regulation, in one structured summary.

Who must prove what in a medical liability claim (in French).

When engines out-play grandmasters: AI, cheating and the rules of chess.

The AI Barbie trend, and the IP and data questions behind the filter.

Magnus Carlsen’s jeans, and the FIDE dress code that bent.

After the CJEU’s Meta ruling, can “consent or pay” survive the GDPR?

France’s amicable settlement hearing: how it works and when to use it (in French).

Paid leave accrued during non-work-related sick leave after the 2024 reforms (in French).

Do game cheat tools infringe software copyright? The CJEU answers in Sony v Datel (in French).

Termination after the trial period and waiving a non-compete clause: formalities matter (in French).

Paris 2024: cases registered and decided by the CAS ad hoc division in early August (in French).

The Paris Bar Council adopts the Universal Declaration of Athletes’ Rights.

How Morocco’s anti-doping agency prepared its athletes for Paris 2024.

A mountain biker’s Olympic selection appeal, rejected hours before the opening ceremony (in French).

Three Brazilian athletes cleared to compete at Paris 2024 under “truly exceptional circumstances” (in French).

A qualified hammer thrower left off the Olympic list: why the CAS ad hoc division could not help (in French).

How the CAS ad hoc division handles Olympic qualification disputes during Paris 2024 (in French).

The CAS confirms the disqualification of Kamila Valieva’s results in the Beijing 2022 team event (in French).

From a reprimand to a two-year ban: the CAS on furosemide and the standard of care (in French).

A team captain sent home before Paris 2024 for smoking and drinking: ethics codes and Japanese law (in French).

France’s law to secure and regulate the digital space: minors, platforms, cloud and cybersecurity (in French).

What a CAS arbitration actually costs, fee by fee.

Investigative journalists v. OpenAI and Microsoft: copyright meets training data.

From France’s 1965 law to strict liability: how anti-doping rules evolved.

A rugby player’s positive test, and the burden of proving the source.

Sun Yang, the destroyed samples, and the Swiss Federal Tribunal.

Paris 2024 anti-doping rules and therapeutic use exemptions, explained.

How far does a professional athlete’s duty of vigilance go?

A legal fable on victory, merit and truth.

A fashion statue goes on trial.

Flaubert’s famous trial, retold.

Free software reused commercially: counterfeiting, parasitism, or neither?

Why the LEGO brick design survived its EUIPO challenge.

When a surgeon delegates to an intern, who answers for manslaughter?

Fake voices, swapped faces: how copyright, publicity rights and French criminal law respond to deepfakes.

What the CLOUD Act really allows, and why it clashes with Article 48 GDPR.

The EU’s overhaul of medicines law: protection periods, shortages, environmental risk and transparency.

Can a luxury house decide who may buy a Birkin? The US antitrust class action against Hermès.

Who owns a work generated by AI? French bill no. 1630, the NYT lawsuit and the authors suing Nvidia.

Even an exceptional risk must be disclosed: the doctor’s duty to inform and informed consent.

A temporary pharmacist without a written contract: reclassified as a permanent employee (in French).

HP v Senetic: when the burden of proving trade mark exhaustion shifts to the owner.

Smart cameras for Paris 2024: what they may detect, and the risk of bias.

When pricing algorithms collude: US and European enforcement.

What France’s 2023 influencer law bans in health promotion, and how it is enforced.

Pay guarantees for pregnancy, maternity and injury in French professional women’s football.

€1.84 billion for anti-steering in music streaming, on the eve of the DMA.

Can rap lyrics be an offence? How French courts weigh artistic freedom against hate speech.

Law no. 2024-120: parents, children’s image rights and the family judge.

530 fixed-term contracts in 17 years: when a CDD becomes a CDI.

Human dignity alone cannot restrict an artist’s freedom of expression: the Cour de cassation’s 2023 ruling.

What Law no. 2023-380 changed for health, security, commerce and transport at Paris 2024.

A single global delivery date is not enough: traders must give precise time limits.

“CITY STADE” became generic: why registration and the ® symbol are not enough.

Must a dismissal letter date the facts? The Cour de cassation says no.

Missing the 12-hour daily rest alone gives a right to compensation.

A renewal offer on different terms counts as a refusal to renew, with eviction compensation.

When and how an apprenticeship contract can end early, with a practical checklist.

Unlawfully obtained evidence is not automatically excluded in labour disputes.