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European Commission positive about implementation of Damages Directive

A&O Shearman on 12/18/2020

In a report, published on 14 December 2020, the European Commission welcomed the consistent implementation of the Damages Directive, emphasised its own initiatives to ensure its effectiveness and praised the guidance given by...more

Mindestens 15% - Landgericht Dortmund schätzt kartellbedingten Preisaufschlag

Hogan Lovells on 10/22/2020

Das Landgericht Dortmund macht mit Urteil vom 30.09.2020 (8 O 115/14 (Kart)) von der Möglichkeit Gebrauch, die Schadenshöhe in Kartellschadensersatzfällen zu schätzen – ohne ein eigenes Gutachten einzuholen. ...more

JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Europe: The Big Picture

Jones Day on 10/1/2020

Private enforcement actions relating to antitrust matters has increased dramatically across Europe in recent years, both as follow-on damages claims in reaction to governmental enforcement actions, or as standalone...more

Competition Law Litigation in the UK

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/27/2020

On December 4, 2019, Skadden hosted a discussion with Sir Marcus Smith QC, a Justice of the High Court and a chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal). Sir Marcus has presided over leading cases in the U.K. on...more

UK’s first cartel follow-on damages award reduced by Court of Appeal

A&O Shearman on 12/17/2019

The Court of Appeal ordered BritNed to repay EUR4.94 million it had received in damages from ABB as a result of ABB’s participation in a power cable cartel. This case is the first follow-on damages claim arising from cartel...more

No limits..? The limitation rules for cartel (damages) claims after the 9th reform of the German Competition Act (ARC)

Hogan Lovells on 6/20/2017

At first glance, not a stone seems to be left standing. The new sec. 33h ARC hardly bears any resemblance with the old sec. 33 para. 5 ARC, the to date only special limitation rule applicable to cartel damages claims in the...more

(No) need to argue – What is certain, what is presumed and what can be estimated in cartel damage litigation after the 9th...

Hogan Lovells on 6/19/2017

Where is no plaintiff, there is also no judge: Private enforcement of competition law presupposes that there are plaintiffs who take a cartel to court. Plaintiffs exist where actions are worth it. Cartel victims may obtain...more

Plaintiff's paradise? – The passing-on defense after the 9th amendment of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB)

Hogan Lovells on 6/19/2017

Cartelists facing damage claims by their customers regularly defend themselves with the objection of the so-called passing-on defense. According to such objection, a purchaser of the cartel cannot claim damages in so far as...more

Implementation of the European Union Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions into French Law

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/6/2017

On 10 March 2017, France finally implemented into French law the EU Directive 2014/104 of 26 November 2014 on antitrust damages actions. The implementation provisions faithfully transpose the Directive, but some concepts...more

Damages Directive and competition claims

A&O Shearman on 3/24/2017

The Damages Directive came into force in the UK on 9 March 2017. This change is important, as the risk of competition claims is likely to increase steadily across the EU. What may be less obvious, but is equally significant,...more

2017 Intellectual Property Law Year In Review

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/1/2017

Though politics ruled the headlines in 2016, the year still brought big changes in intellectual property law and its application, most notably in patent subject matter eligibility, inter partes review institution and appeal...more

Claims for cartel damages limited by the UK High Court

BCLP on 6/8/2016

On 23 May 2016, the Chancery Division of the UK High Court of Justice handed down judgment in the case Iiyama Benelux BV and others v Schott AG and others [2016] (“the Iiyama case”) and held that claims for cartel damages...more

McDermott EU Competition Annual Review 2015

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/23/2016

McDermott has published an EU Competition Annual Review for 2015. This 87 page booklet will help General Counsel and their teams focus on the most essential EU competition updates for 2015. Beyond being used to understand...more

Evolving Private Remedies for Competition Infringements in Europe: Class Actions in the U.K.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/20/2015

Winds of change are blowing through Europe’s national courts, beginning with a new antitrust damages Directive requiring changes in national laws to facilitate private enforcement of competition law. This step was a major...more

European Commission Proposes New Regime for Private Antitrust Damages Actions

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/17/2013

On June 11, 2013, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive on private damages actions for breaches of EU competition law. If adopted, the directive will facilitate private damages actions in the national...more

"European Commission Issues Proposals on Private Antitrust Damage Actions and Collective Actions"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/13/2013

On June 11, 2013, the European Commission (Commission) issued a widely anticipated series of proposals designed to advance private antitrust damage and collective actions in Europe. To accomplish this, the Commission issued...more

A Dutch Court Hands Down the First Substantive Damages Judgment in the Netherlands for an Infringement of Competition Law

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/27/2013

In a recent judgment, a District Court in the Netherlands (the DCA) handed down a judgment in what is the first substantive damages judgment in the Netherlands for a breach of competition law. In issuing the declaration of...more

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