Co-authored by Nicola Boyle, Tom Bolster and Boris Bronfentrinker, Hausfeld
On 5 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) clarified the full extent of cartel damages that can be…
The judgement in Commission v EnBW (C-365/12, 27 February 2014) has already awakened a lot of interest. The facts are very simple. EnBW, an energy-distribution company requires access to the cartel…
Co-authored by Lesley Hannah, Stella Gartagani and Boris Bronfentrinker, Hausfeld
On 17 April 2014, a major step was taken in facilitating the pursuit of cartel damages claims across Europe. The…
Private damages litigation is an important complement to public enforcement of UK and EU competition law by the European Commission and national competition authorities (“NCAs”), such as the UK’s…
Earlier today I read remarks delivered by European Commission competition head Joaquin Almunia in Brussels on the topic of cartel enforcement (see: Fighting against cartels: A priority for 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…
In our annual forecast of the year ahead for Canadian competition and foreign investment review law, the Davies Competition Law and Foreign Investment Group outlines the "Top 10" key issues and…
On December 23, 2103, the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) published an explanatory note on settlement proceedings in antitrust cases on its website. Since 2007, the FCO has increasingly terminated…
The FCO published new fining guidelines on June 25, 2013, which have been applied for several months now. However, the guidelines as well as the recent practice do not provide a lot of guidance.
The…
