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A bill proposed by the Front de gauche (FDG) eliminating the word “race” from French legislation was adopted by the National Assembly last Thursday. The term is to be deleted from the Code Pénal, the Code de procedure ...

France's new law on marriage and adoption rights goes against Russian law, says a children's rights official in the latter country. (Russia May Block Adoptions by French, Due to Marriage Equality Law: Russia May Block Adoptions by French, Due ...

French prosecutors who accuse Ryanair of employing French-based staff on Irish contracts said on Friday the low-cost airline should be fined the market value of four aircraft if it is found guilty of breaking employment laws.

An effort to draw more foreign students to French universities has led to worries about “Americanization disguised as globalization.” (RT @nycjim: Fierce protests in Paris to proposed law for universities to teach more courses in English.

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Le Comité de normalisation PAJLO est heureux d’annoncer que l’édition complète du Lexique du droit de la famille (common law), Bulletin de terminologie 271 du Bureau de la traduction du Canada, peut maintenant être consultée en PDF à l’adresse...

Expat Forum Gay marriage row moves on to France's town halls The Local.fr The French government may still be celebrating the victory of seeing its divisive gay marriage bill finally signed into law but the battle over the issue of same-sex unions...

Important new and wide-ranging changes to employment law in France Lexology (registration) A significant new employment law was adopted by the French Parliament on 14 May 2013 (Loi relative à la sécurisation de l'emploi) setting out a number of...

FRANCE 24 France signs gay marriage into law FRANCE 24 After months of bitter political debate, French President François Hollande has signed into law a controversial gay marriage bill, a day after the country's Constitutional Council threw out a...

JURIST Same-Sex Marriage in France and Conflict of Laws: an Illusion of Equality JURIST JURIST Guest Columnist Angelique Devaux, a French attorney and LL.M graduate of the Robert McKinney School of Law, discusses the impact of conflict of laws on...

Mired in controversy since its inception but held up as an example by entertainment companies looking to spread the model worldwide, France's Hadopi anti-piracy law now looks set to be scrapped. A just-published ...

The Versailles Court determined that the French companies' participation in this construction project did not violate international law. As this case has already sparked academic debate in the blogosphere (click here for ...

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France's Hollande eyes reshuffle, more laws by decree
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In March, the Versailles Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal in a long-standing dispute between the Association France-Palestine Solidarite (france-palestine.org) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) against the French corporations...

The Lawyer
A revolution in French employment law?
The Lawyer
French employment law is set to change, but the proposals have caused dissent and strikes. guillaume bordier capstan. Guillaume Bordier.

France mulls US-style 'class action' law suits
The Local.fr
Hamon labelled the legal instrument a “weapon of mass deterrence” against fraud, price-fixing and other consumer violations, in an interview with French daily L'Express.