The following was the opening speech of the Berlin action for damages advocacy summit (BADAS) and was not adapted in the following. There is a song I would like to begin with, which is very well…
Spain has become one of Europe's leading laboratories for cartel damages litigation without ever developing an effective collective redress mechanism. While the country still awaits the full…
On 12 May 2026, the German Federal Court of Justice (“FCJ”) handed down a groundbreaking judgment which has the potential to be a competition law decision named in the same row with, e.g. for…
The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s refusal to certify the proposed salmon cartel collective action in Waterside Class Limited v Mowi ASA and Others [2026] CAT 32 is one of the clearest signals yet of…
Last week, the Spanish Supreme Court held a hearing on several appeals against four Provincial Court rulings regarding Scania’s liability for damages caused by the truck cartel (ES:APV:2025:1280; ES…
Beyond mediation: the deeper costs of the Supreme Court’s drive to standardize truck cartel damages litigation. Voluntary in form, coercive in toneThe recent non-jurisdictional agreement of the…
In Tuesday’s judgment C-253/53 – ASG 2, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) provides some clarification on the compatibility of German rules restricting the fiduciary assignment of cartel damage…
The term “Assignment Model” refers to a mechanism of bundling damage claims. It is not a statutory instrument, but in some Member States, such as Germany, it is possible as a workaround. The…
Introduction
Last week, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar delivered his Opinion in case C-253/23, a preliminary reference that stems from a form of collective private enforcement of competition law in…
