Naturally, we all want change to be orderly. This is particularly true when something goes wrong and someone official has to come in and sort it out.
Take, for instance, the heat stabilisers cartel…
On February 10, Advocate General (AG) Sharpston issued her Opinion in the KME case (C-272/09 P - here), an appeal brought before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against a judgment whereby the…
The German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") fined three manufacturers of fire-fighting vehicles on February 10, 2011, imposing € 20.5 million in total. The FCO found that the companies had engaged in…
Co-authored by: David Little
The U.K. Court of Appeal has recently rebuffed an attempt by Plaintiff’s firm, Hausfeld, to bring a collective “opt out” style action using Rule 19.6 of the CPR rules …
It is commonly accepted that, pursuant to the principle of intragroup immunity, Article 101 TFEU cannot catch agreements or concerted practices between entities that belong to the same undertaking. …
One of the inevitable facts of life in the U.S. after a government antitrust investigation becomes public – especially if it is a cartel investigation with an amnesty applicant or guilty pleas – is…
Some statistics to feed the debate on the checks and balances of the EU antitrust enforcement system: any comments?
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Cartel Cases Adjudicated by…
Welcome to our blog! I thought I would start my postings on U.S. developments with a broader point about recent U.S. case law in the antitrust area. Many of the most important U.S. judicial…
