On 11 June 2013, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted a proposal for a directive on how citizens and companies can bring damages claims under EU antitrust rules. According to the Commission, the proposal serves to...more
6/13/2013
- Antitrust Litigation EU European Commission
On 11 December 2012, Advocate General Bot gave his Opinion on Joined Cases C- 274/11 and 295/11, proposing that the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) dismiss the cases brought by Spain and Italy challenging the...more
12/20/2012
- EU Unified Patent Court Unitary Patent
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On 6 December 2012, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) upheld the judgment of the General Court (“GC”), which found that AstraZeneca (“AZ”) abused its dominant position on the market for proton pump...more
12/14/2012
- Competition European Commission Patents Pharmaceutical
In a judgment handed down today, in a preliminary reference from the Irish Supreme Court, in Thomas Pringle v The Government of Ireland, Ireland and the Attorney General (Case C-370/12), the Court of Justice of the European...more
12/10/2012
- European Stability Mechanism
