On 1 June 2023, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) finally came into force after years of negotiations between Member States. The project was launched by the UPC Agreement of 19 February 2013, signed by 25 Member States, and ratified by 17 of them.

Whistleblower protection is a hot topic in France, as a new act aimed at improving the protection of whistleblowers was adopted by French Senate on February 16, 2022. The new act should come into force in France by mid-2022.
Essentially, the new text is aimed, by modifying the provisions of

The principle of solicitor-client privilege guarantees to every citizen that there is no interference from public authorities in their defence, whatever they may have done.
This principle is established in article 66-5 of the Law n°71-1130 of 31 December 1971 and applies in all matters, whether it is in the