Litigation & Arbitration Archives

Karine Audouze has been elected member of the EELA Board of Directors during the last annual seminar which took place from June 23rd to 25th, 2022

Karine Audouze, UGGC Avocats partner, was elected member of the board of directors of the EELA - European Employment Lawyers Association in Athens, during the last annual seminar which took…

Commercial leases & indexation clause : important decision of the Court of Cassation dated January 12th, 2022 | 19/04/2022

Litigation & Arbitration

In a decision of January 12, 2022 (Appeal no. 21-11.169), the 3rd Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation confirms the limits of the scope of the deemed unwritten nature…

INTERLAW – Jennifer Carrel appointed co-chair of the Employment Special Business Team | 29/11/2021

Litigation & Arbitration

Interlaw recently appointed two new co-chairs to its Employment Special Business Team. Jennifer Carrel, managing partner at UGGC Avocats and Carolina Camacho, partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, succeed Annette Knoth…

EFE Conference – Conference by Charles-Emmanuel Prieur on Mergers & Acquisitions | 12/11/2021

Litigation & Arbitration

Charles-Emmanuel, Managing partner of UGGC Avocats, will be speaking at a conference on Tuesday 7 December 2021 on Mergers & Acquisitions. Charles-Emmanuel will answer the following question: « Prices: how to…

Investigative measures under Article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Codewhich court has jurisdiction? | 11/10/2021

Litigation & Arbitration

Which judge has territorial jurisdiction to order investigative measures in the presence of an arbitration clause or a choice-of-jurisdiction clause? Governed by Article 145 of the Code of Civil Procedure,…

Public auction: the auctioneer cannot act in payment of the auction price | 21/06/2021

Art Market

In a recent dispute between an auctioneer and a gallery owner, the Paris Court of Appeal has clarified the scope of the auctioneer's mandate when organizing a public auction. This…

Sport : The European Court of Justice cancels a judgment of the Court of First Instance and considers ” illegal and incompatible aid ” from the Spanish State | 09/04/2021

Litigation & Arbitration

On March 4, 2021, the European Court of Justice cancelled a judgment of the Court of First Instance and considered "illegal and incompatible aid" from the Spanish State ; The…

Trademark law: counterfeiting. A look back at two trademark court decisions allowing site-blocking of massively infringing sites in France | 11/12/2020

Litigation & Arbitration

Over the past years, the evolution of online intellectual property infringement has led European and French legislators to successively set up legal mechanisms to face the economic and social challenges…

Jean-Jacques Uettwiller 2020 #JJU2020 | 14/09/2018

Litigation & Arbitration

Chers amis, chers confères, Comme vous le savez, je suis candidat au bâtonnat de Paris : je vous donne rendez-vous lundi 17 septembre à 18h30 dans les locaux d’UGGC, au…

L’autoportrait de Monet : erreur sur la substance vs. erreur sur l’objet de la transaction : suite et fin (Civ. 1e, 17 mars 2016, n°14-27.168) | 19/05/2017

Art Market

Par Laure Assumpçao Il aura fallu plus de vingt ans de bataille judiciaire, près de sept décisions de justice dont trois de la Cour suprême[1], pour mettre un terme définitif…

Pre-trial discovery: French judges do not have to take into account the protection conferred to some correspondences under foreign laws (Civ. Cass., 1st, 3 November 2016, RG n°15-20495) | 30/01/2017

Litigation & Arbitration

Article 145 of the French Code of Civil Procedure gives litigants the possibility to request a judge to order - before any legal proceedings on the merits - investigations in…