Edmund James Melzer

Edmund James Melzer (Clifford Chance)

A Clearer Path for the Proportionality Assessment in Cartel Damages Disclosure Claims in the EU – Advocate General Szpunar before the European Court of Justice in Case C-286/24 Meliá Hotels International v Associação Ius Omnibus

June 30, 2025

I. Executive SummaryThe opinion delivered on 12 June 2025 by Advocate General Maciej Szpunar ("AG") before the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") in Case C-286/24 Meliá Hotels International v…

Edmund James Melzer (Clifford Chance)

Disclosure of Trade and Business Secrets in German Antitrust Investigations – Federal Court of Justice rules on the Role of Interested Parties as a new Friend to the Federal Cartel Office

August 20, 2024

Executive Summary On 20 February 2024, the German Federal Court of Justice ("FCJ") ruled on the disclosure of trade secrets in antitrust proceedings. The underlying case (File No. KVB 69/23)…

Edmund James Melzer (Clifford Chance)

Federal Court of Justice Specifies The Requirements For The (Pretrial) Disclosure of Evidence in German Cartel-Damage-Proceedings

September 7, 2023

Introduction In the latest Judgement by the German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) regarding Section 33g of the Act against Restraints of Competition (“ARC”) in BGH, Urt. v. 4.4.2023, KZR 20/21 –…