Faced with a sudden drop in their customer base or a ban on carrying on their business, can merchants suspend or even exempt their landlords from paying rent? On what basis? What can mayors do? RCL questioned Catherine Saint Geniest, an associate lawyer at Jeantet & Associés, a specialist in real estate law.
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Eva Kopelman, a labour law counsel at Jeantet, recommends that companies maintain as much social dialogue as possible during the period of lockdown related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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While some companies are reopening their premises, employers are worried. Will the measures planned to limit the risks of contamination be sufficient? And will they enable them to protect themselves from litigation in the event of contamination of an employee? The legal risks are real, even if they remain difficult to identify today.
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The law extending the state of public health emergency of 11 May introduced a new article in the public health code requiring the judge to assess possible criminal liability in concreto in the event of Covid-19 contamination. What are the consequences?
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Holidays, Reduction of Working Time… your employer can still take advantage of a certain flexibility granted by the ordinance of March 25, 2020, although it has mainly been configured to mitigate the effects of confinement.
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A week after France lifted two months of strict lockdown measures to combat COVID-19, law firms in Paris are slowly starting to bring their offices back to life.
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What are the consequences of the pandemic and containment on trade negotiations and therefore on business plans? To find out, LSA has contacted several lawyers. Here is the forum of Julia Bombardier – Attorney at Law – Jeantet Law Firm.
In collaboration with the Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CMAP), the law firms Jeantet and 1804 are launching an arbitration offer designed to resolve rental disputes between lessors and lessees of commercial leases. A rapid solution for these disputes, which are flourishing as the health crisis continues.
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Employers are concerned that they may be liable for contamination in the workplace. Will compliance with the ministry’s fact sheets be sufficient to prove that they have taken all necessary steps to avoid the risk, as required by their safety obligation? Both employers’ lawyers and trade unionists advise that all measures taken should be documented […]
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Among the lawyers who responded to our exclusive survey “Law firms facing the crisis”, some agreed to tell us about their confined daily lives, at home or in the office. They also tell us about the impact of the crisis on their business and its financial consequences.
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Signing a promise of sale, finalizing a real estate purchase or carrying out real estate diagnostics is once again possible with the publication of new regulatory texts. But there are still areas of vagueness.
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A group of retailers including the groups Rocher, Provalliance, Nocibé perfumeries (Douglas group), Beauty Success and Passion Beauté signed a tribune against a large majority of lessors’ representatives, first and foremost the National Council of Shopping Centers, which is asking retailers to pay their rents, “even though our stores are forced to remain closed. This […]
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