Search and seizure operations: The Court of Cassation quashes an ordinance of the First President of the Paris Court of appeal for having set stricter conditions concerning inspections in press companies (10 Médias)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Criminal Case, 11 January 2012, General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority and Society 10 Media, No. 10-85446 In a ruling on 11 January 2012, the court of cassation affirmed the full applicability of ordinary law on inspections and seizures to news media companies, censuring an order by the delegate of the first president of the Paris appeal court on 17 June 2010 that had quashed an order authorising inspections at several Amaury group companies on the grounds that they should have complied with stricter requirements relating to respect for press freedom. The order of the delegate of the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal or the specific