July 2011

The French Data commission (CNIL) increases compliance controls on e-commerce and online gaming web sites co-written with Betty Sfez, published on Le Journal du Net)
Summary: With the transposition in 2004 of the 1995 European directive on personal data, the French data commission (CNIL) now holds additional powers to conduct compliance controls and to impose sanctions on the persons responsible for the data treatments in cases of non compliance with the provisions of the French data protection act. The CNIL has decided to increase such controls using other administrative bodies : DGCCRF (Consumer protection and anti-fraud administration) and ARJEL (Authority regulating online gambling).

How can their owners challenge the suspension of non-authorized gambling web sites by ARJEL? (co-written with Betty Sfez, published on Le Journal du Net)
Summary: ARJEL, the French authority regulating online gambling, was created with the Law of May 12, 2010 regarding the opening of gambling web sites to competition. This Authority is in charge of granting authorizations to the owners of on line gambling web sites and of pursuing illegal gambling sites. This task also includes the ability to request the President of the Civil court to decide to suspend access to illegal gambling sites accessible on the French territory. This judicial procedure, which does not include the owner of the alleged illegal web site, was recently declared legal by the Paris Court of Appeals.

Who owns the optical fiber? published in Le Nouvel Economiste (weekly business magazine) on July 14, 2011
Summary: the regulatory framework for the deployment of optical fiber networks (FTTH) is formalized in a standard 2008 contract published by ARCEP, the Authority in charge of electronic communication and postal services. The issue of the ownership of the FTTH networks is not addressed by this standard contract..

June 2011
Online sales, and unfair (abusive) contractual terms (co-written with Betty Sfez, published in Le Journal du Net)
Summary: many e-merchants, including well-known web sites, neglect the contents of their terms and conditions or use unfair practices with their clients. Such terms and practices may be cancelled in case of litigation. What does "unfair contractual terms" mean and which clauses and practices can be found in e-commerce? How do the Courts punish such practices?


March 2011
Author of “Auto-entrepreneur 2011-2012” (self-entrepreneurship 2011-2012), published by Hachette, collection Top’Actuel




January 2011
When the law is involved… The Deleporte Wentz Avocat law firm, interview by Marine le Ray published in Informations Entreprise n°139 (quarterly business magazine)

2010

November 2010
Info-to-Doc 2010 exhibition (Paris), Presentation on "Moving towards digital document, legal aspects” (en gras et orange), with Danièle Véret, Attorney-at-law, on November 23, 2010

Legal experience at the service of technologies , interview published in Le nouvel Economiste on Novembre 18, 2010, EFE, Paris (November 2007)

October 2010
Wine and alcoholic beverages sale and advertising : from the Evin Act to the Bachelot Act (Vente et publicité pour les vins et alcools: de la loi Evin à la loi Bachelot - published in Le Journal du Net and LegalBiznext)
Summary: The rules regarding advertising for alcoholic beverages defined in the Evin Act of 1991 have been modified and complemented with the Bachelot Act of July 27, 2009. The rules prohibiting on-line advertising for alcoholic beverages, which had been under intensive criticism following the 2008 Heineken court decisions, have been modified. On-line advertising for wine and alcoholic beverages is now authorized in France, but remains strictly regulated.

September 2010
E-Commerce Paris 2010 Exhibition: Presentation on “An overview of the legal protection of web sites” with Danièle Véret, attorney-at-law, on September 23, 2010

June 2010
The legal protection of databases illustrated by the latest case law (La protection des bases de données illustrée par les dernières jurisprudences - published in Le Journal du Net and LegiPME)
Summary: Databases are protected by the law. Content extractions, even though the database may be freely accessible on the internet for example, are usually not authorized and may cost a lot of money in damages to the unauthorized user.

May 2010
The legal value of codes conduct and the Internet (Codes de bonne conduite et Internet : quelle portée juridique ? - published in le Journal du Net and LegalBiznext)
Summary: The Internet is perceived as an untrustworthy medium. This is the reason why charters and codes of conduct have been multiplying on the Internet in the past few years. But are these charters and ethical codes just a trend, a mere marketing tool or are they true legal commitments by their authors?

January 2010
Signature of a collaboration agreement with Gerould & Player LLP, based inPalo Alto and Fremont, California, a law firm is specialized in contracts and IT law.

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