The issueOn 29 January 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in the Meliá case. The case arose from a declaratory action seeking the disclosure of documents,…
Courts throughout Europe increasingly adopt a minimum damages approach in antitrust cases, unanimously presuming at least a 5% overcharge, driven by grounds of compensation, effectiveness and…
The Supreme Court Judgment STS 5861/2025 of 18 December 2025 represents a significant exception from the general approach of the Supreme Court to award a 5% overcharge in cases relating to the trucks…
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…
