On 16 October 2025, Commercial Court No. 14 of Madrid delivered a judgment[1] of notable relevance in the well-known Spanish Dairy Cartel case. The decision, issued by Judge Ms Carmen González Suárez…
The Stuttgart Court of Appeal has added a new chapter to German cartel damages case law with its recent bathroom fittings judgment. Relying on Courts’ statutory power to estimate damages the court…
Following the European Commission’s 2016 and 2017 infringement decisions against the trucks cartel, several national courts across Europe, notably in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and…
Digital markets are increasingly being dominated by large digital platforms, with the consequent problems that this poses from the point of view of the competitive functioning of the markets, both…
The protection of leniency applicants in the context of private damages actions is a never-ending story; when it comes to determining which interest should prevail, the issue keeps chasing its own…
Private enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is now a reality, and the judgment of the Regional Court of Mainz (Case 12 HK O 32/24) in the 1&1 Mail & Media/Google (Gmail) case, delivered on…
Suderow Fernández Abogadas, S.L.PBackgroundOn 23 July 2015, the Spanish Competition Authority (hereinafter, “CNMC”) issued a decision in case S/0482/13 Car Manufacturers. In it, it declared that…
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…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last decade, you’ll know that private enforcement of antitrust is now big business, spurred on by the Damages Directive and industrious claimant-side law…
