The Federal Council aims at tightening up the Cartel Act in order to combat the foreclosure of the Swiss market and the price discrimination against Swiss corporate customers. For this purpose, the…
On 19 December 2017 the Federal Administrative Court issued three judgments reversing the sanctions against the producers Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Bayer imposed by the Competition Commission which…
In two recent landmark judgements, Swiss Courts have provided important clarifications on the protection of business secrets and access to files in cartel cases.
Harmful internal business…
Marcel Meinhardt and Astrid Waser, Lenz & Staehelin, Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court (“FAC”) recently passed two new judgments on vertical agreements. In the first judgment, the…
By Marcel Meinhardt and Frank Bremer, Lenz & Staehelin, Switzerland
On November 18, 2013, the Swiss Competition Commission (ComCo) closed proceedings without further action against a Swiss individual…