Concerns about AI’s contribution to misinformation, fake news and copyrighted content have intensified globally in recent months, given the growing popularity of generative AI systems such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, backed by Microsoft (MSFT.O). Faced with the risks posed by these technologies, the European Union has adopted a legal framework on artificial intelligence. The European Commission…

After much upheaval, the Directive (EU) 2024/1760 of 13 June 2024 on corporate sustainability due diligence (also known as the “CSDDD” or “CS3D”) has finally been published in the EU Official Journal of 5 July 2024. This Directive is considered as a huge step in the involvement of private actors in the protection and improvement…

The new version of the draft European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”) applies to companies with more than 1000 employees and 450 million of yearly turnover Although a provisional deal on the final version of the proposal of European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”) was reached on 14 December 2023 between the European…

Executive Summary: This year, the Alstom vs ABL Saga has finally come to an end with the decision of the Versailles Court of Appeal[1], issued on referral after the French Supreme Court, which clarifies the role of the Exequatur judge when an arbitral award is challenged for violation of international public policy. These clarifications are…

This article was published by Global Trade Foreign parent companies, including US parent companies, are increasingly subject to extraterritorial legislations and are likely to face new compliance challenges coming from the European Union in 2023. Similarly, US subsidiaries of French groups should beware of both the applicable US rules and French compliance framework that they…