My publications
You will find below the list of my publications classified by themes.
Forthcoming: « Is encryption a right? », Proceedings of the “Blockchain and Privacy” symposium of the University of Rennes
« The Digital Services Act (DSA): A General Assessment (April 15, 2023). in Antje von Ungern-Sternberg (ed.), Content Regulation in the European Union – The Digital Services Act, TRIER STUDIES ON DIGITAL LAW, Volume 1, Verein für Recht und Digitalisierung eV, Institute for Digital Law (IRDT), Trier April 2023 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4403433 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4403433
« Social networks or the privatization of online information space », Assas International Law Review, 2022
"AI judges”, in Larry DiMatteo, Cristina Poncibo, Pietro Sirena, Michel Cannarsa (editors),Artificial Intelligence and Private Law: Global Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, 2022
Digital justice, Dalloz, coll. Namely, 2021
« Social networks, between supervision and self-regulation », Digital, Governance and Sovereignty Chair, Sciences Po, 2021
« Facebook's Supervisory Board and the Trump Affair. The limits of the concept of "company court" ", JCP G 2021, n ° 22, 566
« The French approach to the regulation of crypto-assets", In The state challenged by blockchains, French-language intellectual property review, February 2021, p. 25
French report, in Report of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), " Getting the future right - Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights«, December 2020 available for consultation here
« Notes on the legal aspects of “digital sovereignty”», In B. Stirn (ed), The new place of the State, Revue des juristes de Sciences Po, n ° 19, October 2020, art. 13
« The slow progress of “predictive justice” in France«, ERA Forum, Springer, July 2020
« Towards the emergence of a “digital responsibility”?“, Dalloz IP / IT, March 2020, 13
« Automated decisions ", In Big Data and Law, conference proceedings Law and Big Data (link to the youtube channel of the conference Law and Big Data here), Dalloz, coll. Themes and Comments (dir. F. G'sell), December 2019.
« Could algorithms replace judges?", in Big Data and Law, proceedings of the Law and Big Data conference, (link to the youtube channel of the conference Law and Big Data here), Dalloz, coll. Themes and Comments (dir. F. G'sell), December 2019.
« Artificial intelligence and blockchains“, In A. Bensamoun and G. Loiseau (eds.), Artificial Intelligence and Law Treaty, Lextenso, coll. The Integrals, oct. 2019
« The automation of court decisions, how far?“, Annales des Mines / Enjeux Numérique, vol. 3, Sep 2018, available at the following link: Digital issues volume 3.
« The regulation of Initial Coin Offerings: surv comparative", Lamy Business Law Review, nº 140, September 1, 2018 (supplement), available at the following link: The regulations applicable to ICOs: comparative overview
« Blockchain and the law of evidence“, Contribution to the France Strategy report,“ The challenges of Blockchains", Available at the following link: The challenges of blockchains, France Stratégie
« Draft ordinance relating to blockchain technology for the transmission of certain financial securities »(With J. Dergez), JCP 2017, 1046.
« The Council of State and the platforms: from “uberization” to an action program ", JCP G 2017, 1117.
« The French legal services market in 2020 »(With P. AIDAN), Practical Review of Prospective and Innovation, October 2016, Study 1
« The impact of disruptive innovations on the legal services market: the OECD wonders », JCP G 2016, doctr. 445.
« What is the " legal privilegee ”? Anglo-American perspectives«, JCP 2021, n ° 12, March 2021, 337
« The lawyer's liability, between common law and special law“, Revue Lamy Droit civil, March 2020
« The protection of the perimeter against legaltechs“, Dalloz Avocats, March 2019, p. 166, available at the following link: "The protection of the perimeter against Legaltechs".
« Can a lawyer be paid in cryptocurrency?“, Dalloz Avocats, October 2018, available at the following link: "Can a lawyer be paid in cryptocurrency?" ".
« Towards the main result fee?“, JCP G 2017, 1325
« The invitation to arbitration in the United States », Letter from the French Arbitration Association n ° 25, October 2017, available at the following link: “Letter from the French Arbitration Association, n ° 35, October 2017”.
« Towards the generalization of online assessment of lawyers? ", JCP G 2017,
« The future of the legal profession. About the “Haeri », JCP G 2017, 196
« Facebook friendship ”and impartiality », JCP G 2017, 74
« The French legal services market in 2020 », With Pierre AIDAN, Pratique de la Prospective et de l'Innovation, October 2016, Study 1
« Access to the law and the pursuit of the modernization of regulated professions in the law on the modernization of justice of the XNUMXst century », JCP G 2016, 1406
« Macron decrees: the lawyer is no longer bound to the single practice and can exercise certain commercial activities », JCP G 2016, 808
« Multi-professional practice companies: let's get started », JCP G 2016, 488
« Are “lawyer comparators” illegal? The application of the ethics of the legal profession beyond the profession », JCP G 2016 act. 4
« The perilous beginnings of a comparator of lawyers », JCP G 2015, act. 1417
« The reform of the legal and judicial professions by the law of August 6, 2015: highly regulated “deregulation” ", Special issue" Loi Macron ", JCP G, oct. 2015, suppl. n ° 44 Oct. 2015
« The President of the Bar and the Bar Council are two separate bodies ", JCP 2015
« Limits of the cultural exception in procedural matters: about class actions », With K. Haeri, Telos, February 24, 2015
« Will the Macron law allow accountants to expand their professional territory? », Gaz Pal. February 21, 2015, n ° 52, p. 6
« Advertising by lawyers: is the Decree of 28 October 2014 compatible with the Services Directive? », Procedures, January 2015, p.1
« The measured liberalization of advertising and personalized solicitation », In questions, JCP G, 2014, 1235
« What future for the “lawyers of the poor”? About the Le Bouillonnec report », JCP G 2014, 1067
« Reforms of the legal profession: forward… to where? "JCP G 2014, 1003
« Towards a strengthening of the role of the lawyer in criminal proceedings. About directive 2013/48 / EU of October 22, 2013 ", Libres Propos, JCP G 2014, act. 2.
« The action of consumer associations: in search of the lost group », Gazette du Palais, October 11, 2014 n ° 284, p. 15.
« Report of the National Legal Aid Council: Maintaining Guarantees, But for How Long? ", JCP G 2013, 862.
« A sharp decline in access to law in England », Interview, Recueil Dalloz 2011, n ° 35.
« Towards participatory justice? For negotiations in the shadow of the law », Collection Dalloz, 2010, chron. 2450.
Management since September 2014 of the semi-annual column "Lawyers" at the Legal Week (General edition), contributor since 2007
Scientific direction of Lawyer Code, Dalloz
Direction (with S. Ferey) of the work Causality, responsibility and contribution to debt, Loud, 2018.
«Contemporary theories of causation. Law and philosophy », In S. Ferey and F. G'sell, Causality, responsibility and contribution to debt, Bruylant, 2018 (available on academia.edu)
« Alternative Causation in English Law and French Law », French commentary on the decision Heneghan v Manchester Dry Dock & others (England and Wales Court of Appeal, 2016), ERPL, 4/2017
« Interview on the preliminary draft reform of civil liability law »(With S. Pimont and C. de Cabarrus), Business Law Cahiers, Jan. 2017, p. 9
« Causation, counterfactuals and probabilities in legal thinking », Chicago Kent Law Review, Spring 2016, see here.
« The action of consumer associations: in search of the lost group », Gazette du Palais, October 11, 2014 n ° 284, p. 15.
Study evaluating the status quo and the legal implications of third party liability for the European security industry, French report, ECTIL (European Center of Tort and Insurance Law), 2014
« Limits of the cultural exception in procedural matters: about class actions », With K. Haeri, Telos, February 24, 2015
« To take market shares into account in determining the contribution to the reparation debt», (With S. Ferey), Recueil Dalloz, p. 2709, November 2013
« DES daughters cases ”, European Review of Private Law, 2013/2, p. 587.
« Employers 'Liability and Workers' Compensation », French report within the framework of the international project of ECTIL (European Center of Tort and Insurance Law) directed by professors Ken OLIPHANT (Vienna) and Gerhard WAGNER (Bonn), 2012
« Loss of housekeeping capacity », French report within the framework of the international project of ECTIL (European Center of Tort and Insurance Law) directed by professors Ken OLIPHANT and Ernst KARNER, De Gruyter, Tort and Insurance Law collection, vol. 28, 2012, p. 69.
« The French Rules of Medical Malpractice since the Patients' Rights Law of March 4, 2002 Chicago Kent Law Review, Sept-Oct 2011.
« Causation in French Law: pragmatism and policy”With Duncan FAIRGRIEVE, in R. GOLDBERG (ed.), Perspectives on Causation, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2011 (Proceedings of the Aberdeen international conference of June 22-23, 2009 entitled: Perspectives on Causation, an international conférence).
« Proof of the causal link: Franco-American comparisons concerning the “Distilbène», Les Petites Affiches, October 29, 2010, p. 6.
commentary Principles, Definitions and Model Rules of European Private Law Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) prepared by the Study Group on a European Civil Code & Research Group on EC Private Law (Acquis Group), Christian von Bar and Eric Clive (editors), Full Edition, vol. I., Sellier, Munich, 2009, Quarterly Review of European Law, Jan-March 2010, p. 248.
« Precautionary principle and suicide risk » Psychiatry, AFPEP Review, 2010.
Commentary on the decision of the House of Lords Corr v. IBC Vehicles Limited (February 27, 2008), European Review of Private Law, vol. 3 2010.
« The fault of the victim driver and causality », Revue Lamy Droit civil, July / August 2007, p. 17.
« The risk », With G. CANIVET, Actes de savoirs (PUF) n ° 2 of 2007.
Research on the notion of causality, Doctoral thesis, University of Paris 1, 2005 (you can read my thesis by clicking here)
« The delicate elaboration of the Directive on business secrets and its transposition law“, Journal des Sociétés n ° 174, May 2019, p. 15
« What protection in civil proceedings? », In J. Lapousterle (ed.), Le secret des affaires, coll. CEIPI, Lexis Nexis, 2017. Here is the link to this contribution: What protection in civil proceedings?.
« The Directive on trade secrets and freedom to inform », Editorial, Lamy Business Law Review, May 2016
« A bit of a misunderstanding: the European Directive on trade secrets and freedom of information », ParisTech Review, May 2016
« A misunderstanding: the Directive on trade secrets and the freedom to inform », Telos, May 2016
« The protection of business secrets, State of play in French civil law and the European project; Protection of trade secrets, French Civil Law and European project», With P. DURAND-BARTHEZ, publication in bilingual version (French-English) of the report drafted at the request of the Foundation for Continental Law and submitted to the Commission of the European Union, Lextenso, 2015.
« Notes on the difficulties of applying attorney client privilege to in-house lawyers », Revue de l'AFJE, Lexbase, special issue on The confidentiality of the opinions of company lawyers, 2014, p. 124
« Affected heritage and Common Law », In J. Julien and M. Rebourg (eds.), Affected heritage, Presses de l'Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole, LGDJ, p. 97.
« New legal instruments at the service of companies: lawyer's act and participatory procedure », Round table with J.-P. CHAZAL and J.-J. UETTWILLER, Company law papers, nov. 2011 p. 9.
« Review of the scope of the reversals of case law: concerning the La Briocherie and Centea judgments of 21 December 2006 », Revue Lamy Business Law, April 2007, p. 35.
« Legalization of maternity for others abroad: examples of comparative law », In S. Dumas-Lavenac, The protection of the person born of a MAP involving a third party, Cahiers Droit, Sciences Techniques, 2017
« The wide variety of approaches to surrogacy in Europe and the United States », In Procreation for all? under the direction of A. Marsh, Dalloz, 2015
« Limits of the cultural exception in procedural matters: about class actions », With K. Haeri, Telos, February 24, 2015
« The action of consumer associations: in search of the lost group », Gazette du Palais, October 11, 2014 n ° 284, p. 15.
May 28, 2021: " platform regulation, Franco-American comparison“, Medialab, Sciences Po
May 27, 2021: " Artificial intelligence and civil liability", Court of Cassation
March 11, 2021: " artificial intelligence and fundamental rights«, IRENEE, University of Lorraine
March 8, 2021: " The proposals for European regulations on digital markets and services«, University of Lorraine
March 4, 2021: " the law of evidence and digital technology", Court of Cassation
February 4, 2021: " think about digital sovereignty«, Geopolitical Study Group, AFJE
December 16, 2020: " The legislative package Digital Services Act«, European talks, Delegation of the Bars of France, Brussels
September 25, 2020: " the legal profession and the risks of the practice, concluding remarks", University of Amiens
November 29, 2019: " Digital proof«, Opening keynote, AFJE Campus
November 22, 2019: " Business law put to the test of digitization, concluding remarks“, Nancy Faculty of Law
November 15, 2019: " Law and connected objects ”, University of Nice
October 24, 2019: " the blocking law and its reform" , National Assembly
June 21, 2019: " The justifications for digital responsibility ”, conference "Digital responsibility", Chamber of notaries of Paris and University of Paris 8
June 20, 2019: " the regulation of crypto-currencies“, Colloquium“ the State facing the challenge of blockchains ”, University of Strasbourg
June 14, 2019: " algocracy“, Alexandre Koyré Chair of Excellence, University of Nice Côte d'Azur
May 17, 2019: " the behavior of homo economicus", Colloquium" normative intensification of civil liability“, Metz Faculty of Law
April 11, 2019: " the Blockchain, between law and lawlessness«, Law and Mathematics seminars, IHEJ
March 21, 2019: " Automation of judicial decisions“, Workshop Big Data and AI, ACPR
January 15, 2019; " What AI can bring to blockchains«, Winter School of the Research Federation of the University of Strasbourg
November 30, 2018: " Blockchains and smart contracts“, CCBE conference, Lille
October 25, 2018: " The automation of court decisions, how far?“, Ecole des Mines, Paris
October 18, 2018: Summary report of the conference " Legal data. Apply and speak the law in the age of Open Data and algorithms", Strasbourg
June 14, 2018: " Justice, Data and Algorithms", Colloquium" Open Data and digital transformation of legal professions", Orleans
February 2, 2018: Summary report, colloquium " Regulated professions facing the digital revolution“, Lille.
January 30, 2018: " Is it (still) possible to regulate digital?“, SENS, Paris.
December 15, 2017: " The Blockchain », EFE Legal Directors conference.
November 15, 2017: " Comparators and SEO », Legal Me Up, Incubator of the Paris Bar
October 11, 2017: " Blockchain and regulation », Meet up blockchain of Société Générale, Paris
October 5, 2017: " Sapin 2 law and duty of vigilance, which is changing », ACE Congress, Strasbourg
September 7, 2017: " Companies, Sapin 2 Law, Compliance », Thomson Reuters, Paris
July 5, 2017: " Lawyers' comparators », Beta Seminar, University of Lorraine
June 22, 2017: " Predictive justice », Paris Commercial Court
April 22, 2017: " The legal challenges of Blockchains », Club Lexis Nexis
June 30, 2016: " Arbitration, an alternative dispute resolution method », States General of Arbitration, Paris
June 10, 2016: " Legalization of surrogacy abroad: exhaustion or fueling of litigation? ", Colloquium" Management for others ", University of Lorraine, Metz
June 2, 2016: " Breakthrough innovations in the legal services market », General Assembly of Prospective and Innovation, Paris
May 5, 2016: " Is ethics soluble in the market? », FNUJA Annual Congress, Nancy
April 1, 2016: " Procedural protection of business secrets ", Symposium" Business secrets ", Paris, Palais du Luxembourg
March 17, 2016: " The reform of French contract law », General Meeting of Business Law, Paris
November 6, 2015: " Regulation of professions or regulation of services », Center for Economics of the Sorbonne, Paris 1
May 18, 2015: " Economic perspective on the reform of regulated professions », Nanterre, Economix Laboratory
May 10, 2015: " Reform of professions regulated by the Macron law ", AFFIC
May 6, 2015: " The long gestation of the reform of the law of obligations », 20th national day of the Association Capitant, The contract law reform project, Nancy
March 6, 2015: " Business secrets », General State of Company Law, Paris
13 February 2015: " Advertising and canvassing lawyers », Colloquium, Faculty of Law of Dijon,
3 February 2014: " Justice without judges », Debate with P. Servan-Schreiber, Paris Commercial Court (AFFIC)
November 26, 2014: " Regulated professions and Europe: at a crossroads ", Paris
October 30, 2014: " What is third party funding? », National convention of lawyers, Montpellier,
October 29, 2014: " Compliance », National convention of lawyers, Montpellier,
May 16, 2014, " Filiation of a child from elsewhere, aspects of comparative law ", Conference" Procreation for all? », University of Western Brittany.
April 24, 2014, " The application of competition law to professional orders, evolution of European case law ", Colloquium" Professional orders and competition ", organized by the Delegation of the Bars of France, Brussels.
April 7, 2014, Breakfast debate organized by AFFIC at the Paris Commercial Court on the protection of trade secrets.
March 31, 2014: " The ancillary legal service under European law », Etats Généraux du Droit de l'Entreprise, Paris.
December 5, 2013: " French civil procedure as seen by American jurists », Colloquium organized by the Paris Bar, the AFJE and the Cercle Montesquieu on the occasion of the re-entry of the Paris Bar.
April 27, 2012: " Affected heritage and Common Law ”At the conference“ Affected heritage ”organized by the Institute of Private Law of the University of Toulouse 1 Capitole and the CRDP of the University of Western Brittany, Brest.
April 10, 2010: " Precautionary principle and suicide risk ", Day of the French Association of Psychiatrists in private practice on" The precautionary principle: predictive diktat or prevention? ".
January 28, 2010: Participation in the Round Table on “ The lawyer's act », Within the framework of the General Conditions of Family Law. Intervention published in its oral form in the Gazette du Palais of April 20, 2010, n ° 110.
November 23, 2009: moderator of the workshop devoted to " The Dintilhac nomenclature »Within the framework of the General Reports on bodily injury, Gazette du Palais, April 9-10, 2010.
September 18, 2008: Participation in the round table " The confrontation of logics ”As part of the“ Risk, uncertainty, justice and society ”conference organized by the IHEJ and the Institute for Risk Management.
January 25, 2007: Intervention at the CNRS R2S day: " The responsibility of industrialists in matters of public health ».
November 17, 2005: Intervention at the Court of Cassation on " Uncertainty and causality in the facts », On the occasion of the public restitution session of the« Causality and uncertainty »working group, created by the Court of Cassation. Intervention available online on the website of the Court of Cassation and published in The legal and judicial treatment of uncertainty, Dalloz, coll. Themes and comments, 2008, p. 176 and s.
June 4, 2021: “Cyberthreats and Democracy”, Conference organized by European Horizons
May 31, 2021: participation in the workshop " Platform Regulation »Organized by the University of Graz (Austria)
18 October 2019: « Predictive justice and algorithms“, Academy of European Law, Brussels
March 22, 2019: " The Personalization of the Law: A French Perspective“, Legal Challenges of the Data Economy, Paris
January 29, 2019: " On line and Off line Dispute Resolution«, Algorithmization of Dispute Resolution, Vilnius
January 21, 2019: " Smart Contracts“, Blockchain Perspective (CERSA and CNAM), Paris
July 2, 2018: " The Challenge of Algorithmic Governance«, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Blockchains, Ecole Normale Supérieure
May 17, 2018: " Data Science for Decision Support: Legal Issues“, Introductory Keynote, University of Tillburg
November 23, 2017: " Should machines be given a legal status?», International Congress of Law and Technology, University of Brasilia
Senate, March 17, 2017, " Automated Decision Making », Law and Big Data conference, Paris
October 13, 2016, " Probabilistic Causation: the French controversy about the DES litigation in France », University of Lorraine, Nancy
Cour de cassation, September 13, 2014, " Causation, counterfactuals and probabilities in legal thinking », Communication produced within the framework of the international conference Causation, Liability and Apportionment: an Interdisciplinary Perspective Law, Economics and Philosophy, co-organized at the Cour de cassation and at the University of Paris 2 with Professor S. Ferey
Sofia, November 1, 2012, " Mediation and other ADR in France », International Conference of the European Network for Mediation
Munich, March 25, 2011, French report during the day organized by MUNICH RE sure " Workers 'compensation and Employers' liability ».
Vienna, 3-4 December 2010, “ Medical Malpractice and Compensation in France ", Conference" Medical Malpractice and Compensation in a Global Context "organized by Ken OLIPHANT (Vienna) and Richard WRIGHT (Chicago-Kent).