Europe Overlawyered

In some places it’s worse: a group of French cleaning ladies organized a car-pool to take them to their jobs across the border in Luxembourg. For their efforts, they, and their employer, Onet-Luxembourg, have been sued by bus service Transports Schiocchet Excursions, for “unfair competition”; the bus company seeks to have the cars seized. The […]

In some places it’s worse: a group of French cleaning ladies organized a car-pool to take them to their jobs across the border in Luxembourg. For their efforts, they, and their employer, Onet-Luxembourg, have been sued by bus service Transports Schiocchet Excursions, for “unfair competition”; the bus company seeks to have the cars seized. The case will be heard in January. (Kim Willsher, “Bus firm takes car sharers to court”, Guardian, Jul. 11 (via Taylor); Thomas Calinon, “Préférer sa voiture au bus peut vous conduire au tribunal”, Libération, Jul. 9).

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