Termination indemnity : The French Supreme Court rules that the termination indemnity owed to commercial agent according to Article L. 134-12 of the Commercial code is a "compensation tort" (David Piller/Troy Lee Designs)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Facts A French sales agent distributes in France the products of his American principal. Following the termination of the contract by the principal, the commercial agent shall summon him before a French commercial court to pay the termination indemnity for the end of the contract. Failed at first instance and on appeal on the grounds of the court's lack of jurisdiction, he lodged an appeal in