In 2021, LVMH paid €10 million to settle a French inquiry into surveillance of journalist François Ruffin and the satirical publication Fakir, ending the company’s exposure to criminal prosecution without an admission of wrongdoing. Bernard Arnault denied knowing of illegal surveillance; former intelligence chief Bernard Squarcini was later convicted and appealed.
French luxury goods group LVMH, whose wayward security service led by former domestic intelligence chief Bernard Squarcini was revealed to have spied on companies and people, including a leftwing documentary maker whose film was sharply critical of LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, has reached a 10 million-euro settlement with Paris prosecutors which effectively ends further legal action against it.
In 2022, senators asked Arnault about his attitude to the media. He admitted pulling advertising from the leftwing daily Libération in 2012 after it ran what he called an “aggressive” and “wrong” front page on his alleged desire to flee to Belgium to avoid tax rises. Arnault said he called the Libération editor to complain, and the advertising spend on the paper was in any case very small. He denied pulling advertising from Le Monde in 2017 because it had named him in Paradise Papers reporting on offshore tax havens.
Bernard Squarcini was found guilty of organizing a bizarre illegal surveillance operation on a gadfly journalist at the request of the luxury company, among other offenses.
François Ruffin had just started filming a satirical documentary about Bernard Arnault, France’s richest man and head of the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton luxury conglomerate, when he became suspicious about a volunteer on his staff.
Few had forgotten how in 1984 he had paid the government a mere franc for a bankrupt textile company in France that included Dior. Breaking his pledge to keep jobs, Mr. Arnault discarded everything but Dior, laying off thousands and using the proceeds to leverage LVMH into a behemoth.
A Paris court on Friday found France’s former intelligence chief, Bernard Squarcini, guilty of using public resources to benefit the French luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in a trial that shed light on how the company sought to shield its public image for years.
LVMH’s LIFE360 plan set targets including halving energy-related emissions by 2026 against 2019 levels, eliminating virgin plastics from packaging by 2026, and ending supply-chain deforestation by 2025. Environmental chief Hélène Valade said the company was coordinating goals across its 75 independently run brands and training employees; these were plans and reported progress, not proof every target was met.
At the core of LVMH’s climate efforts is a new program called LIFE360 that lays out a range of climate and biodiversity targets for the company. The goals are extensive: no virgin plastics used in packaging by 2026, a 50% cut in energy-related emissions by 2026 from 2019 levels, and zero deforestation from products in its supply chain by 2025. The company’s regulatory filings lists a range of achievements along those lines, from successful implementation of policies that uncover where they’re sourcing materials to measures that have slashed energy use in stores. “All our products come from nature—no champagne without grapes, no perfumes without forests, no ready-to-wear without cotton,” Valade told me. “It was very important to have an ambitious environmental strategy in mind.”
At the same time, and less noticed by the global media, the company has made a wave of climate commitments to rethink how it does business. These caught my eye both because of the fashion industry’s enormous and growing environmental footprint and because of LVMH’s pole position as perhaps the industry’s most recognizable company. So with those factors in mind, a few weeks ago in Paris I sat down with Hélène Valade, who oversees environmental work across all of LVMH’s 75 brands.
The Financial Times headline says Dior agreed to pay €2 million to help victims of labor abuse in a settlement with an Italian watchdog, reported May 21, 2025. The supplied evidence contains only the headline, so it does not specify the settlement’s terms or findings.
Dior to pay €2mn to help labour abuse victims in Italian watchdog settlement
Reuters reported that Milan prosecutors said Manufactures Dior culpably fueled labor exploitation by failing to conduct effective supplier inspections over the years. Dior said suppliers had hidden practices despite regular audits and that it was working with Italian authorities to strengthen checks. The report also describes workers’ accounts of audits being circumvented.
signed by these suppliers." "Aware of the gravity of the violations committed by these suppliers and the improvements to be made to its checks and procedures, the house of Dior is collaborating with the designated Italian administrator and the Italian authorities," the French brand also said at the time. Dior added in the statement that its teams were working intensely to reinforce the existing procedures: "Despite regular audits, these two suppliers had evidently succeeded in hiding these practices." FFC and Adamo Adriano did not respond to Reuters attempts to reach them. Davide Albertario did not respond to queries by Reuters on inspections at AZ Operations. New Leather Italy did not reply to a Reuters request for comment. "COST-REDUCTION" Global luxury groups including LVMH usually outsource most of their production to a myriad of external contractors, industry experts say. Many are based in Italy, famed for its artisanal skills and accounting for between 50% and 55% of the global production of luxury clothing and leather goods, consultancy Bain calculates. "No matter how many controls we do, there is always something we miss," Renzo Rosso, founder of Italian fashion group OTB, which makes Diesel clothing, told a business event in September, in reference to the complexity of overseeing Italy's supply chain. Despite the risks, insiders and experts told Reuters relying on suppliers is a deliberate strategy to keep costs down and manage demand. "The fashion business model is driven by cost-reduction tactics, leading fashion brands to switch suppliers," said Hakan Karaosman, Associate Professor at Cardiff University, whose research focuses on supply chain sustainability. Even though Dior did not directly abuse workers, the mechanism of labour exploitation "was culpably fuelled by Manufactures Dior srl which . . . did not carry out effective inspections or audits over the years to ascertain the actual working conditions and environment," Milan prosecutors said in the June court documents. Currently, there is no firm legal requirement in Italy for luxury groups to audit their suppliers. But poor oversight can clash with sustainability claims made to investors and consumers over craftsmanship and corporate and social responsibility standards, leading to reputational risks and in some cases civil liability if workers' exploitation is found within the supply chain. LVMH, for example, said in its 2023 Social and Environmental Responsibility Report it "endeavors to ensure its suppliers and their service providers uphold human rights and to support them with applying the best possible employment, health and safety conditions." The investigations into Italy's luxury supply
On February 12, 2026, Dutch prosecutors announced that Louis Vuitton Netherlands agreed to pay €500,000 ($594,000) in a money-laundering case. Prosecutors said the company failed to adequately verify a customer who repeatedly made large cash purchases. They discontinued the case against the company, citing limited court capacity; the customer’s trial continued.
Louis Vuitton did not “adequately verify the identity of customers who repeatedly spent large sums of cash over an extended period,” Dutch prosecutors said in a statement, saying the French luxury brand had violated a money laundering and terrorism financing act.
A lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York alleges pay discrimination and retaliation at Stella McCartney America, an LVMH subsidiary. The complaint also names LVMH and senior leaders, alleging retaliation after medical leave and pressure to engage in anti-competitive practices. These are allegations, not established findings.
An amended lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York alleges pay discrimination and retaliation at Stella McCartney America Inc., a subsidiary of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Société Européenne (ENXTPA:MC).
Nicolas Puech sued Bernard Arnault, LVMH and other defendants in Paris on May 15, claiming he was deprived of six million Hermès shares now estimated at about €14 billion. Puech says the shares changed hands without his knowledge, but Reuters could not verify when or at what price. Arnault and LVMH were not under formal investigation in the separate criminal case.
PARIS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Hermes heir Nicolas Puech has sued Bernard Arnault and his LVMH luxury conglomerate, among other parties, in a civil case related to Puech's claim that he was deprived of Hermes shares now worth billions of euros, according to a filing of his lawsuit reviewed by Reuters.
The civil lawsuit states that Puech seeks to reserve the right to claim damages for the value of 6 million Hermes shares from "whoever may be found guilty of criminal charges" in a separate criminal investigation over the alleged disappearance of his fortune, excerpts of the document reviewed by Reuters show.
"We had absolutely no desire for those shares to end up with a competitor. I would describe it as a defensive or precautionary measure." The person speaking so candidly on July 21 was not known for being particularly talkative. But, in front of Anne de Pingon, an investigating judge at the Paris judicial court, Jean-Jacques Guiony loosened up a little.
Puech was once among Hermes' largest individual shareholders but opted out of a family holding structure created in 2011 to fend off hostile takeovers. Puech claimed in a rare interview with L'Express he had no knowledge that Freymond was moving Hermes shares in his name, allegedly for Arnault's benefit.
In June 2024, a Milan court placed LVMH-owned Dior subsidiary Manufactures Dior under one year of judicial administration after investigators alleged labor abuses at subcontractors and found Dior had failed to take appropriate steps to check working conditions. Dior said it cut ties with the suppliers, disputed media claims about production costs and said it was strengthening its procedures. Investors urged LVMH to improve supplier monitoring and
While Dior was not held criminally at fault, it found that Dior was negligent by failing to take “appropriate measures to check actual working conditions or technical capabilities of contracting companies.”
Action taken: Manufactures Dior was placed under court administration this month for failing to carry out appropriate due diligence and supervise its suppliers. In response to Al Jazeera, Dior said it is cooperating with authorities and would strengthen checks on suppliers. It said it would make no new orders with the suppliers. In May 2025, Fashion Network reported that Italy's antitrust authority closed its investigation into Dior after finding no wrongdoing, although Dior has made several commitments following the investigation.
MILAN - An Italian subsidiary of French luxury giant LVMH that makes Dior-branded handbags was placed under court administration on June 10, after a probe alleged it had subcontracted work to Chinese-owned firms that mistreated workers.
An LVMH spokesperson told Reuters the French conglomerate updated its supplier code of conduct in March and is working towards a homogenous approach across all its brands, but that the size and complexity of the group, which spans spirits to high-end hotels, mean this process is lengthy and challenging.
In October 2023, prosecutors confirmed a preliminary investigation, underway since 2022, into transactions between Bernard Arnault and Russian businessman Nikolai Sarkisov involving property in Courchevel. Arnault’s lawyer called the allegations absurd and unfounded; the investigation did not itself establish that a crime had occurred.
"The transaction that allowed for the expansion of the Hotel Cheval Blanc in Courchevel is perfectly known and was conducted in accordance with the law and with legal support. The investigation, seemingly under way, will demonstrate these facts," she said in an emailed statement over the weekend.
Global Witness alleged that LVMH-owned Nuti Ivo worked with Paraguayan suppliers linked to deforestation risks across more than 100,000 hectares, including Indigenous-claimed land, and that hides were shipped to its tannery. LVMH and Nuti Ivo said they do not source South American skins, while LVMH said residual contracts were being phased out.
An Italian leather-maker owned by French luxury giant LVMH has purchased animal skins from Paraguayan companies tied to deforested land, according to an NGO investigation, even as its CEO pushes for exemptions under EU anti-deforestation rules.
In April 2026, Global Witness published an investigation accusing LVMH-owned leather-maker Nuti Ivo Group of seeking exemptions to EU deforestation law while importing hides linked to Paraguayan forest loss. The investigation alleges that Nuti Ivo has worked with suppliers that have a high risk of causing deforestation across more than 100,000 hectares in Paraguay, including on land claimed by Indigenous communities.
On May 21, 2025, LVMH-owned Dior agreed to change its responsibility statements, strengthen supplier oversight and provide €2 million over five years for initiatives supporting victims of labor exploitation. Italy’s antitrust authority closed its investigation without establishing an infringement; consumer group Codacons called the outcome too lenient.
MILAN, May 21 (Reuters) - LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA), opens new tab Dior has agreed a number of remedies to settle an Italian competition authority investigation into whether the luxury brand and two of its units misled consumers with their statements about working conditions at its suppliers.
A July 22, 2026, Le Monde investigation said LVMH chief Bernard Arnault cultivated relationships with leaders in markets the group targets, especially US presidents, whom it said he had courted since the 1980s. It reported the Arnault family contributed €3 million toward celebrations and renovation at the US ambassador’s Paris residence, where Arnault attended a private gathering with Charles Kushner.
One hour before most of the guests flooded into the embassy's sprawling gardens, a private party of the roughly 80 most generous guests had already gathered around Kushner and the LVMH chief executive. Alongside Arnault, accompanied by three of his sons – Antoine, Alexandre and Frédéric – were Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of TotalEnergies, Alexandre Ricard, CEO of Pernod Ricard, and Slawomir Krupa and Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, the heads of Société Générale and BNP Paribas banks. All had contributed their share – at least €100,000 each, with the Arnault family contributing €3 million of the €9 million raised by the embassy – to fund the celebrations as well as the renovation of the splendid three-story building.
A Reuters review reported that LVMH-owned Dior production arm Manufactures Dior relied on formal supply-chain inspections that sometimes missed serious problems. Italian prosecutors accused subcontractor AZ Operations of serving as a front for worker exploitation; a July 2023 audit by a direct supplier nevertheless reported no non-conformities and certified the work met standards.
LVMH-owned Dior’s production arm in Italy, Manufactures Dior, relied on formal inspections to assess working and safety standards inside its supply chain last year. In some cases, such certifications missed glaring problems, a Reuters review of unpublished court documents has found.
In July 2025, a Milan court placed LVMH-owned Loro Piana under one-year judicial administration over alleged worker exploitation by subcontractors in its supply chain. The brand said the supplier concealed subcontracting and that it ended the relationship within 24 hours of learning of it; the order could be lifted if legal requirements were met.
A Milan court placed Loro Piana under judicial administration for subcontracting production to suppliers that allegedly exploited workers, making the LVMH-owned cashmere brand the latest fashion house to be caught up in a series of investigations into labour rights violations.
Loro Piana is the fifth luxury brand – and the second LVMH-owned brand after Dior – to be found in violation of Italian labor laws since the country began cracking down on subcontracting practices commonly used throughout the industry. Other brands that the court determined have allowed illegal and unethical labor conditions to persist throughout their supply chain include Giorgio Armani, Valentino and handbag company Alviero Martini.
LVMH closed its luxury boutiques in Russia after the February 2022 invasion and sold Sephora stores, but retained St. Petersburg’s Grand Hotel Europe through Belmond. Reuters reported that the hotel legally operated and received payments from sanctioned companies; LVMH said it operated independently. The hotel’s revenue and profits rose, while reasons for keeping it remain uncertain.
When the war in Ukraine started in February 2022, LVMH shuttered its Louis Vuitton, Dior and Bulgari boutiques in Russia days before Europe imposed export sanctions on luxury goods.
One of its businesses in Russia, however, has kept operating: The Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, owned through LVMH’s Belmond chain of luxury hotels and trains.
Reporters Without Borders and journalists’ unions warned that LVMH’s purchase of business weekly Challenges could threaten editorial independence and media pluralism. RSF said the prospective buyer challenged provisions in the magazine’s ethics charter; the Guardian reported unions feared charters at Challenges and Les Echos could lapse. Complaints over the acquisition were under review, while LVMH did not comment.
In April, Arnault was among several top French business leaders reported to have had dinner with Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Rally (RN). Le Pen’s party, polling high, is gaining more access to business leaders who once shunned it but now want to be heard on policy. The same month, Paris Match, owned by Arnault, ran a cover story on the RN’s potential presidential candidate, Jordan Bardella, strolling hand-in-hand with his girlfriend, Princess Maria Carolina de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles, in what was seen as a pre-election attempt to soften his image.
Although Claude Perdriel considered this charter “untouchable,” in June 2025, the magazine’s prospective buyer has reportedly challenged it on two fronts: the first concerns the process for appointing the editor-in-chief, which the charter stipulates should be by a majority vote of the journalists, and the second, the charter’s reference to magazine’s “adherence to the social market economy,” which LVMH's management would like to replace with adherence to the “liberal economy” and “business world.” The LVMH group’s acquisition of a business magazine — which already has — raises serious concerns with regard to media pluralism in the sector. The LVMH group did not respond to RSF requests for comment.
But Bernard Arnault, a close friend of Donald Trump, is under fire from journalists’ unions in France for buying up almost all the country’s business and economic press.
OpenSecrets’ federal contribution data for LVMH and affiliates shows most reported donations went to Democrats in recent cycles: 84.69% of $81,776 in 2024 and 97.34% of $51,080 in 2022. The site says organizations cannot contribute directly; figures include contributions and spending by affiliates, and reflect reported federal contributions.
A December 31, 2024 Fast Company headline says widespread Milan investigations uncovered malpractice in the Italian luxury-goods supply chains of Dior, Giorgio Armani and Alviero Martini. The supplied excerpt does not specify the alleged practices, findings or any connection to LVMH.
Widespread Milan investigations have uncovered malpractice inside the Italian luxury goods supply chain of Dior, Giorgio Armani, and Alviero Martini this year.
On March 27, 2026, Italy’s competition authority opened investigations into Sephora, Benefit Cosmetics and LVMH Profumi e Cosmetici Italia over possible unfair practices involving cosmetics marketed to minors, including unclear warnings and young micro-influencers. The companies said they comply with applicable rules and would cooperate; inspections were conducted at their Italian premises.
The companies may have failed to make clear that the cosmetics sold by Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics are not intended for children and adolescents, while appearing instead to have encouraged their purchase through covert marketing strategies involving young micro-influencers.
The authority, AGCM, said it was the first European regulator to open an investigation over concerns that LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA), opens new tab brands Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics are using very young micro-influencers on social media to promote premature use of adult cosmetics. This, it said, is encouraging compulsive purchasing of face masks, serums and anti-ageing creams, behaviours it linked to "cosmeticorexia" - an unhealthy fixation with skincare among minors.
A Financial Times headline describes backlash over a memo attributed to LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault that banned staff from contacting selected media outlets. The supplied capture contains no article text, so it does not establish the memo’s details, when it was issued, or the nature of the backlash.
LVMH’s Bernard Arnault faces backlash over memo banning staff contact with select media outlets
LVMH has built a shared AI Factory and, with Google Cloud, a data platform covering its 75 brands. The company describes using AI for client recommendations, forecasting and operational efficiency, while training employees and developing internal tools. Its stated approach emphasizes augmenting staff rather than replacing them, and keeping customer-facing AI limited.
For the past few years, LVMH has been building out an “AI Factory”, a library of algorithms for use by its brands, which include Louis Vuitton, Dior and Tiffany & Co. The factory also helps its brands make use of AI, and educates the company’s workforce.
Over the past four years, the conglomerate has worked with Google Cloud to build a central data platform, housing data from its 75 brands, known as maisons. It’s now applying predictive AI, generative AI and agents in areas like supply chain planning, pricing, product design, marketing and personalization, all with the goal of maintaining and growing market share and improving operational efficiency.
Bernard Arnault attended Donald Trump’s January 2025 inauguration with children Alexandre and Delphine. The New York Post, citing unnamed sources, said Arnault’s primary motivation was to show support for Trump as LVMH hoped to avoid tariffs on its luxury brands. A family representative declined to comment.
Bernard’s primary motivation, sources said, was to show support for Donald Trump as LVMH hopes to avoid tariffs on its luxury brands that include fashion houses Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Dior, Fendi and Celine, as well as champagne labels Moët and Veuve Clicquot, and jewelers such as Hublot and Tiffany & Co.
Bernard Arnault has opposed wealth taxes for decades, according to reports. He told the Sunday Times that a proposed 2% tax on all assets would be “deadly for our economy.” Arnault also criticized economist Gabriel Zucman for proposing a wealth tax, though the supplied account gives no date for that criticism.
Arnault’s clearest political stance has always been his opposition to wealth taxes. In the early 1980s, the young Arnault briefly moved to the US to avoid what he saw as the left’s hostile business environment and the socialist president François Mitterrand’s tax on the rich. While there, he cultivated a close friendship with another real estate figure, Trump.
Bernard Arnault and his family announced a €10 million donation to Restos du Cœur, a French food bank, after learning of its significant financial difficulties. In a statement, they said the gift was intended to support the charity’s work helping vulnerable people. The report described the donation as announced September 4.
From Bernard Arnault’s multi-million-dollar gift in support of food aid in France to an astronomical donation from Dan Gilbert toward health institutions in Detroit, these are some of the most notable developments in the philanthropic world.
Bernard Arnault, the billionaire head of luxury conglomerate LVMH, revealed earlier this week that his family is donating 10 million euros ($10.7 million) to Restos du Coeur, a French food bank. Translating to “Restaurants of the Heart,” the charity provides 35 percent of France’s food aid.
LVMH head Bernard Arnault announced a multi-million dollar donation on September 4. AFP via Getty Images
On July 27, 2026, Bernard Arnault used his first X post to share a letter criticizing Le Monde’s reporting on LVMH and alleged rivalry among his five children, all executives at the group. He disputed the newspaper’s claims; Le Monde left its series online without changes or redactions.
Le Monde also claimed Mr Arnault's five children, who all work at LVMH, were driven by Succession-style rivalries and feuds. All five have executive roles at the business, but none is the heir apparent.
Luxury goods mogul Bernard Arnault made his first ever post on social media Monday morning to amplify a three-page letter he addressed to leadership at Le Monde after the French newspaper—largely owned by his son-in-law—published a six-part expose about the billionaire and tensions among his potential heirs as a succession battle reportedly heats up.
A 2023 Le Monde investigation said Bernard Arnault had cultivated relationships with successive French presidents and described his influence as discreet but effective. It reported that President Emmanuel Macron attended the 2021 opening of LVMH-owned Samaritaine, prompting questions about the propriety of the visit.
Une divine surprise. Ce lundi 21 juin 2021, Emmanuel et Brigitte Macron arrivent sous la lumineuse verrière de la Samaritaine, qui ouvre enfin ses portes, après seize ans et 750 millions d’euros de travaux. La visite a été tenue secrète jusqu’au dernier moment. Convié par son nouveau propriétaire, Bernard Arnault, Emmanuel Macron se dit « fier » d’inaugurer ce « trésor patrimonial », savourant les applaudissements des 800 employés, debout sur le double escalier restauré à la feuille d’or.
On a January 2025 earnings call, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault said Tiffany, acquired in 2021, had to let some employees go as the brand pursued higher objectives. He described the change as necessary after calling Tiffany a “sleeping beauty”; LVMH did not disclose the number affected.
Arnault revealed during the Tuesday earnings call LVMH was doing something similar with employees at Tiffany’s, the iconic jewelry brand, which was acquired in 2021 by LVMH. He called Tiffany’s a “sleeping beauty,” only awoken by LVMH’s acquisition, so the company “didn’t have a choice” but to let go of employees.
In a letter reported July 27, 2026, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault rejected Le Monde reporters’ claim that the company did not hire overweight people. The reporters said their Paris headquarters visits found women employees mostly young, attractive and slim, with no overweight or sloppily dressed staff. Arnault responded sarcastically, apologizing for a “failure of bodily diversity” and saying he would raise it with the canteen.
Bernard Arnault, Europe's richest man, has rejected claims he doesn't hire fat people in a letter ridiculing a newspaper investigation into his business empire.
Bernard Arnault pledged €50 million through family holding company Agache for a mathematics research institute at his alma mater, Polytechnique. Announced in July 2026, the gift is intended to fund a building and a residency for international researchers and conferences. Arnault said mathematics was important to sovereignty and Europe’s ability to compete in AI.
Arnault’s family and LVMH have been known to be patrons of the arts and culture, with a €200 million donation notably to help rebuild the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral after it was partially damaged in a fire in 2019. BLOOMBERG
PARIS – Billionaire Bernard Arnault extolled the virtues of mathematics after pledging a record €50 million (S$73.9 million) donation for a planned maths research institute at his alma mater, highlighting the discipline’s importance in a world increasingly shaped by AI.
Billionaire Bernard Arnault donated €50 million to fund a new maths research institute at his alma mater, Polytechnique.
A July 23, 2026, Le Monde investigation described LVMH chief Bernard Arnault as a leading European art collector and said his Fondation Louis Vuitton combines his interest in art with lucrative tax arrangements. The article also reported his extensive private collecting and that the luxury group had recently acquired a Toulouse-Lautrec painting.
Investigation'Bernard Arnault's Empire' (5/6). France's richest man is also one of Europe's leading art collectors. Through the Fondation Louis Vuitton, he combines his passion for the arts with highly lucrative tax arrangements.
OpenSecrets records $380,000 in LVMH lobbying for 2023. Its lobbying profile lists three quarterly reports each addressing the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023, in both House bill H.R. 895 and Senate bill S. 140. The supplied records do not specify the company’s position on the legislation.
<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Bill Number</th> <th>Congress</th> <th>Title</th> <th>No. of Reports & Specific Issues*</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>H.R.895 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>S.140 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023</td> <td>3</td> </tr> </tbody> <tfoot> <tr> <td colspan="4">*Each quarterly filing is treated as a separate report.</td> </tr> </tfoot> </table>
On September 22, 2026, the Second Circuit reinstated a Black and Afro-Latina LVMH legal-affairs vice president’s Title VII retaliation claim. It said her refusal to discuss settling pending discrimination claims was protected activity, and that timing combined with intervening antagonism plausibly linked that activity to her termination. The ruling did not determine the claim’s merits.
The Second Circuit vacated a New York federal district court’s dismissal of a Title VII of the Civil Rights Act retaliation claim by a female Black and Afro-Latina vice president of legal affairs at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, holding that her refusal to meet with her supervisor to discuss settling her pending discrimination claims constituted protected activity and that temporal proximity combined with intervening antagonism plausibly alleged causation for her termination.
A federal court allowed consumers to pursue allegations that Louis Vuitton’s virtual eyewear try-on feature collected facial information without the notice and consent required by Illinois’s biometric privacy law. The brand defeated a separate claim concerning public policies on retaining biometric data; the ruling did not resolve the surviving claim.
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton must face allegations from consumers that the luxury fashion brand breached an Illinois privacy law by failing to obtain proper permission for an online feature that lets users virtually try on eyewear.
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, LVMH was among companies saying existing employee benefits already covered reimbursement for healthcare travel, including abortion. The report did not describe a new LVMH benefit or specify its reimbursement limits. Other companies separately announced new or expanded travel support.
Various companies like Nike, Levi Strauss & Co. and LVMH have said that their existing benefits already cover reimbursement for healthcare travel needs including abortion. And many — such as Dick's Sporting Goods, Skechers, Crocs and Amazon have specifically allocated $4,000 to pay for these travel costs. At the same time, other companies like Skechers, Under Armour, Nordstrom and Crocs have announced expansions of their existing benefits to include travel reimbursement expenses for employees who need to travel out of state to receive an abortion. Adidas said its new plan covers travel and lodging expenses up to $10,000.
On January 9, 2026, the CGT union at LVMH’s Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot houses urged workers to stop work for at least three hours the following Thursday, seeking compensation for lost bonuses. The union said management offered a one-off €1,000 payment after sales declined; LVMH had not publicly commented, and no strike was reported at Hennessy.
The union launched protests last month against a cut in annual bonuses and other benefits at the world's largest luxury group, even as it keeps dividends to shareholders stable., opens new tab
A Financial Times headline dated December 20, 2023 reports that Antoine Arnault defended LVMH’s incremental approach to emissions. The supplied material contains no further details of his remarks or the company’s climate targets.
LVMH’s Antoine Arnault defends incremental approach to emissions
In June 2024, the California Air Resources Board settled with LVMH Fragrance Brands US’s Givenchy Corporation over personal fragrances sold or supplied in California with modified codes that had not been explained to CARB beforehand. Givenchy cooperated, submitted an explanation and agreed to provide it before future California sales; it paid a $3,000 administrative penalty.
CARB staff conducted an investigation that revealed Givenchy sold, supplied, offered for sale or manufactured for use in California, personal fragrance products with modified codes, without providing an explanation of the codes to CARB before offering the products for sale in California (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 17, § 94512(c)(2)).