Publications
Retail Law Column
February 2026
This column returns to cover case law from 2024 through the end of 2025 on traditional issues in economic and distribution law. With commentary by Malo Depincé (LICeM), Jean-Louis Respaud (LICeM), Mélanie Cescut-Puore (LICeM), and Stéphane Destours.
Internet Law Column
January 2026
The “Internet Law” column is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! Launched at the initiative of Professor Michel Vivant around the time the E-Commerce Directive was adopted and as the first rulings on the editorial liability of internet actors were being issued, the column chronicles the developments and trends in litigation related to electronic communications—the sheer volume of which now necessitates a rigorous selection of the decisions to be discussed. Since then, it has given rise to an annual conference with which the Master’s program in Intellectual Property and Digital Law at the Montpellier Law School is closely associated.
This article was written by the Laboratoire Innovation Communication et Marché (LICeM), under the direction ofAgnès Robin, Associate Professor (HDR), with contributions from Arnaud Diméglio, Agnès Robin, Laura Tomasso, Sandrine Roose-Grenier, Alexandre Bories, Malo Depincé, Guillaume Monziols, and Axel Saint-Martin.
Internet Law Column
January 2025
This column was written by the Laboratoire Innovation Communication et Marché (LICeM), under the direction ofAgnès Robin, Associate Professor (HDR). The column covers the period from June 2023 to November 2024. Contributors include Arnaud Diméglio, Agnès Robin, Laura Tomasso, Sandrine Roose-Grenier, Alexandre Bories, Malo Depincé, and Axel Saint-Martin.
Article published in JCP E, January 9, 2025, No. 2
competition law
4th edition
June 2024
Daniel Mainguy, Malo Depincé, Mathilde Cayot
Publisher’s Description
Unfair competition, free-riding, abrupt termination of established commercial relationships, collusion, abuse of a dominant position, market power, competitive harm, price fixing, mergers, state aid, European authorities: the key terms of competition law are countless. Competition law is not easy to grasp. This book aims to make it accessible to everyone by presenting an analysis of both anti-competitive practices (antitrust law) and those embedded in general business law (unfair competition, non-compete clauses, practices that restrict competition, etc.).
The authors:
Daniel Mainguy is a professor at the Sorbonne Law School, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Malo Depincé is a professor in the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier and director of LICeM.
Mathilde Cayot is an associate professor at Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University and a member of LICeM
Readthe related article.
Stipulation Compliance Analysis Tool (OACS)
March 2024
Edited by Malo Depincé, Agnès Robin, Laurent Fauré, Mathieu Lafourcade, and Anne Laurent
Project Objectives and Overview
Develop an automated system to verify compliance with the terms and conditions of sale or use available online.
The goal of this interdisciplinary project is to develop a computer system capable of both identifying general terms and conditions on websites and analyzing the provisions they contain to trigger an alert when they do not comply with regulations, case law, or institutional opinions. The first phase of this project, funded by the GIP Mission de recherche Droit et Justice (which became the IERDJ during the course of the project), consisted of developing a tool to analyze the compliance of contractual provisions. This tool was designed for clause-by-clause analysis; however, it is not yet capable of effectively evaluating an entire contractual document.
The project’s initiators began with the observation that the information contained in general terms and conditions of sale or use is too often poorly understood by the individuals the law is intended to protect (primarily consumers), and that regulatory authorities currently lack the means to systematically analyze these terms. The goal is to move from a regulatory system based exclusively on sampling practices—where enforcement agents target specific behaviors within a broader set for analysis—to a systematic analysis focused on potentially harmful practices, thereby broadening the scope of oversight. The aim is to develop a digital tool that makes the legal information contained in these terms accessible. This tool could analyze the compliance with current regulations of products or services available on the market that have their privacy policies posted online. The long-term goal of such a system is to screen all contractual practices published online.
As a first step, before implementing any systematic monitoring mechanism for websites and the terms of use or terms and conditions they contain (using web crawlers), the project is developing a tool to analyze the provisions submitted to it on an individual basis.
It aims to address a twofold challenge: to provide an answer that is as accurate as possible regarding the legality of each clause (the “accurate” answer being the one that most closely resembles the one a judge—assuming the act of judging could be reduced to an abstraction—would have given) and, since these solutions are intended for both specialists (the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs, and Fraud Control—DGCCRF—has a similar project) as to consumers who are parties to legal proceedings, to provide a full explanation of this solution.
Food Law: Feed, Care for, Protect, Balance
The Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier has created a new national master’s degree in food law and agroecology, which began its first academic year in September 2021. The first graduating class graduated in September 2023.
This new degree program aims to train students in initial education (many of whom are in work-study programs) and professionals in continuing education on contemporary food-related issues: while maintaining the goal of providing food, the agri-food sector has also been tasked with protecting the environment and local or national traditions, caring for the population, and preventing environmental risks. By taking into account its effects on the environment and people, the evolution of the law can contribute to a better quality of life for society as a whole.
To celebrate this educational innovation, which aims to address the new challenges in the food sector, the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier decided to organize an international conference on the topic of new challenges in the food sector, with support from the MUSE program and the National Food Council.
See the article on the conference proceedings
Research Data Law
Open Science, Innovation, Public Data
, 1st edition, 2022 – by Agnès Robin
Since the principles of open data have been established at both the European and national levels to support a particularly proactive research and innovation policy, scientific research data has gradually become a subject of law in its own right. See the publisher’s website
See Joachim Schöpfel's review in *Études de communication*, 2023/1 (No. 60), on cairn.info
Also available (subscription required) on Strada Lex
Les Cahiers Teutates: Law and Economics
They take the form of an electronic journal available as a downloadable PDF on our website. Issues are published as they become available and compiled twice a year.
EDITORIAL TEAM
Editor-in-Chief:
- Daniel Mainguy, Professor at the Faculty of Law at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Editorial Secretaries:
- Malo Depincé, Associate Professor at the Montpellier School of Law
- Julien Roque, Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier
- Caroline Raja, Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
- Daniel Mainguy, Professor at the Montpellier School of Law
- Regis Fabre, Associate Professor at the Montpellier School of Law, attorney, and managing partner at Baker McKenzie
- Hughes Kenfack, Professor at the Toulouse School of Law
- Malo Depincé,Associate Professorat the Montpellier School of Law
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Teutate Studies
They complement the Cahiers Teutats and include, among other things, dissertations, conference proceedings, online publications, and the Teutates Practical Guides (on technical topics).
Céline Alcalde, *Automotive Distribution: A Legal Study*, Teutates, 2012
Celine-Alcalde-Automotive-Distribution-Legal-Study-Teutates-2012