This Quick Overview addresses the European perspective on the mandatory use of national languages in contractual documents.
This short article provides an overview of International Commercial Terms (Incoterms). Incoterms aim at providing rules for international sales contracts by allocating tasks, costs and risks between sellers and buyers. The article provides a global perspective, with a focus on French court decisions, and a brief comparison with the US Uniform Commercial Code and with Combiterms.
This guide presents jurisdictional overviews on public procurement contracts in jurisdictions around the globe.
This guide sets out the salient rules and regulations for agreeing and enforcing employment non-competition clauses in each jurisdiction.
The guide presents overviews on general data privacy laws on personally identifiable information, personal health information, financial information and other sensitive data in different jurisdictions around the world.
This QuickOverview shows how a preliminary distinction must be made between the capacity of a company to enter into a contract and the power of its representatives by surveying the laws of France, Spain, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
This brief resource (Quick Counsel) explores the meaning and implications of a "joint and several" clause in a contract.
This primer describes the procedures for the elimination of double taxation in 25 countries.
This article addresses the principle of limited liability that has been the central tenet of company law since it was adopted in the United Kingdom, and most countries in continental Europe during the latter half of the 19th century.
This quick overview examines the extent it is possible to alter or waive the statute of limitations under French law.