On October 15, 2025, the French Cour de cassation (“Court”) confirmed a €680,000 fine on the trade union Les Chirurgiens-Dentistes de France (“CDF”) (“Decision”).[1] The Court held that the CDF’s call for a boycott of certain dental care networks constituted a restriction of competition by object within the meaning of Article 101 TFEU and Article L. 420-1 of the French Commercial Code.[2]
On September 13, 2024, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) approved the acquisition of Kindred Group (“Kindred”) by La Française des Jeux (“FDJ”, the “Transaction”) in the gambling sector, subject to behavioural commitments, including brand separation, to address conglomerate concerns.[1]
On December 20, 2023, the French Cour de cassation ruled that the French Competition Authority’s (“FCA”) Rapporteur Général is required to duly justify its decision to disclose business secrets.[1] Two days later, the Conseil d’État (the French administrative supreme court) requested a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal des Conflits in the same case to clarify whether an action seeking to enforce the right to the protection of business secrets should be heard by a civil or administrative court.[2]