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Anonymous job applications in Germany and in France

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • France, Germany
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  • October 14 2010

Job applicants in Germany usually send a "complete application dossier" to the prospective employer which includes their name and age or date of birth

France reinforces its set of tax measures against non-cooperative states

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • February 26 2010

Implementing the recommendations resulting from the G20 summits held in 2009 in a context of deep international crisis, France has reinforced its set of measures aiming at fighting against tax fraud and evasion with the corrective finance law for 20091

Non EU-based companies using French data processors for payroll, customers and prospects data exempted from prior notification

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 4 2011

In a decision published on February 16, 2011 (Deliberation No. 2011-023), the French data protection authority (CNIL) exempted non EU-based companies from any prior notification obligation with regard to their payroll, customer and prospects data processed in France

Recent capital market and corporate legal developments in France

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 14 2011

The French Parliament adopted on 22 October 2010 a Law for banking and financial regulation (the Banking and Financial Regulation Law or the New Law) designed to regulate financial activities further to the G20 recommendations on the matter, and to bolster the French economy during the financial and economic crisis

Extension of French thin capitalization rules to third party loans guaranteed by related entities

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • June 19 2011

The French Finance Bill for 2011, passed in late December 2010, extends the scope of French thin capitalization rules to loans granted by thirdparty lenders when such loans are secured by a company related to the French borrower

France's CNIL announces a record fine of 100,000

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 28 2011

In a 32-page-long decision adopted on March 17, 2011, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) determined that Google Inc.’s collection of data in the course of its Street View application and Latitude service breached the French Data Protection Act No. 78-17

Belvédère Court of Appeal decision confirms efficacy of parallel debt mechanism under French law

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 24 2011

On 21 September 2010, the Dijon Court of Appeal issued an important decision confirming the efficacy under French law of a "parallel debt" mechanism which had been used in the security package put in place as part of French issuer Belvédère's secured high yield issuance of May 2006

Focus on the new French restrictions applicable to the tax deduction of interest incurred on debt financings contracted in connection with certain leveraged acquisitions

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 12 2012

Article 40 of the 4th Amended Finance Act for 2011 introduces new restrictions to the deduction of financial expenses (i.e., mainly interest) for French corporate income tax purposes in cases where the corresponding debt financings can be deemed contracted in relation to artificial acquisitions of shares

Works councils and union strike action in Germany, France and the UK

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France, Germany, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 30 2011

The Works Constitution Act furnishes a German works council with many rights of information, consultation, veto and co-determination, in a variety of social, personnel and financial matters that concern the employees of a company

Rolling out a global antidiscrimination policy

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • France, Germany, Middle East, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 1 2012

Employers with multijurisdictional operations increasingly seek to implement blanket policies that apply equally to their employees wherever they might be based