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Case law overturned: refusal of approval in a selective distribution system, even when candidate fulfills selection criteria, is not a restrictive agreement neither a civil tort (including in qualitative selective distribution)
We are pleased to send you an important judgment from the distribution division of the Paris Court of Appeal, which has overturned the case law on refusals of authorization and is very favorable to the heads of selective distribution networks (I). The judgment also provides [+]
Newsletter Vogel Global Competition Network
The last issue of the VGCN newsletter is online. Read the following contributions : [+]
The First President of the Paris Court of Appeal has suspended enforcement of the Polynesian Competition AuthoritThe First President of the Paris Court of Appeal has suspended enforcement of the Polynesian Competition Authority’s ruling in the chilled beverages casey’s ruling in the chilled beverages case
The First President of the Paris Court of Appeal has suspended enforcement of the Polynesian Competition Authority’s ruling in the chilled beverages case due to the risk of serious grounds for annulment based on the lack of impartiality of the judges, serious and irreparable harm [+]
Louis & Joseph Vogel nominated by BestLawyers in Competition / Antitrust law
2020’s ranking from BestLawyers just came out. [+]
Vogel & Vogel secures victory in media pre-financing contracts case
The French Competition Authority (FCA) has ruled that priority and pre-emptive rights included in media pre-financing contracts have no cumulative foreclosure effect on the market of purchase of “French language catalogue films”. [+]
Ranking Décideurs 2019 : Vogel & Vogel, a must
In the 2019 ranking of the best law firms in France in antitrust and anticompetitive practices, the firm Vogel & Vogel is considered essential. [+]
Chambers 2019 : Vogel & Vogel ranked in Band 2
Vogel & Vogel is a boutique law firm whose niche competition/regulation, distribution and consumer law practice has earned it an unbeatable reputation in the French market. [+]
Merger control – The standstill obligation does not apply to ancillary or preparatory transactions with no direct functional link to the concentration
On 18 November 2013 the KPMG DK companies entered into a merger agreement with the Ernst & Young (EY) companies and withdrew from the cooperation agreement tying them to the international network of independent auditing firms, [+]
Commercial agents : interview of Joseph Vogel by LexisNexis
Joseph Vogel analyzes the decision ot the CJEU fixing the starting point for the commercial agent’s right to indemnity at the date of the conclusion of the contract in LexisNexis Legal Analysis. READ MORE
Automobile Distribution: Overview of EU and National Cases, by Louis & Joseph Vogel
Louis et Joseph Vogel published an article in Competition Law Digest 2018 of Concurrences about the major case law rendered during the year in European and French law READ MORE
Vogel & Vogel, Gold Trophee in competition law and Silver Trophee in distribution law, Palmarès des avocats 2018
We are delighted to share with you the news that Vogel & Vogel has once again had the honor of being recognized by the Monde du Droit and the votes of its clients. [+]
Competition law: market place
Louis Vogel will participate in the DGCCRF workshop on Market Places on March 27, 2018. READ MORE
Palmarès des avocats d’affaires 2018 – Le Monde du droit
The Palmarès des Cabinets d’Avocats d’Affaires (ranking of the top business law firms) is an event organized each year by the magazine Le Monde du Droit. It rewards the best 3 firms in 24 categories. [+]
The evolution of Competion law, article published by Louis Vogel
The growing influence of the economy on the competition rules is manifested today through the relative effacement of behaviors in favor of effects and the rise of the notion of economic efficiency… [+]
Reform of French Contract Law
A major reform of contract law has been adopted in France. Compared to the Civil Code of 1804, this reform is a real revolution in French contractual law and should be known and anticipated by all companies active in France… READ MORE
Interview of Louis Vogel – Lexis PSL
Louis Vogel paints the portrait of the business lawyer in France today. Two types of business law practice are defined : full-service firms which offer clients a whole range of services covering all their legal needs and, in contrast, specialist firms which work only in one [+]
Vogel & Vogel awarded Gold Trophy for competition law
The magazine Décideurs has ranked Vogel & Vogel as a key player in competiton law, distribution law, deregulation and franchising in its 2015 listing. The firm did particularly well earning a first place ranking in competition and distribution law. [+]
Macron bill: against the reform of affiliation contracts, by L. & J. Vogel
Commercial analysis: As French contract law undergoes radical reform Louis Vogel, managing partner at Vogel & Vogel and Isabelle Eid, counsel and head of knowledge management (representing the working group at DLA Piper involved in the French Civil Code reform public consultation), examine how the revision of the Napoleonic [+]
Article by Louis Vogel in the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice
The Recent Application of European Competition Law to Distribution Agreements: A Return to Formalism? [+]
Competition law, a strategic weapon for companies, Interview with Louis and Joseph Vogel
Competition law, a strategic weapon for companies: analysis by Louis and Joseph Vogel in the review Juriste d’Entreprise, published by the AFJE [+]