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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - December 2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent NLRB activity, including its issuance of a decision suggesting two members would be willing to reconsider a precedent regarding surveillance of employees’ union activity. We...more

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GDPR Privacy FAQs: Are joint controllers jointly and severally liable for each other’s actions?

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It is not clear at this point whether joint and several liability attaches to the actions of joint controllers. The GDPR states that a data subject “may exercise his or her rights under this Regulation in respect of and...more

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Global Private Equity Newsletter - Fall 2018 Edition: EU General Court: Financial Investors Liable for Anticompetitive Conduct of...

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The General Court of the European Union recently held, in Goldman Sachs v. Commission, that purely financial investors such as investment funds may be held jointly and severally liable for competition law violations...more

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Belgium Adopts Law Enacting EU Directive on Private Antitrust Damages

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On June 6, 2017, Belgium adopted legislation ("Law") transposing the EU directive on private antitrust damages (Directive 2014/104, ("Directive")). The Law became applicable on June 22, 2017, and is expected to boost private...more

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General Court of the EU Dismisses Trioplast Application Seeking Reimbursement of Interest Paid for Being Late in Paying Cartel...

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With a judgment handed down on 12 May 2016 (Case T-669/14, Trioplast Industrier AB v. European Commission), the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) dismissed an action brought by Trioplast Industrier AB (Trioplast...more

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General Court of the EU Upholds Cartel Fines of €131 Million Imposed on Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric, Dismisses Arguments Based...

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By two judgments of January 19, 2015 (Case T-404/12 Toshiba v. Commission and Case T-409/12 Mitsubishi Electric v. Commission), the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) upheld the fines of €131 million imposed by the...more

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European Commission Proposes New Regime for Private Antitrust Damages Actions

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

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EU Commission published proposals for private antitrust litigation

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On 11 June, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its long-awaited package of proposals on private antitrust litigation. The package is divided into three sets: (1) a Draft Directive on actions for damages (2) a...more

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Joint and Several Liability For Antitrust Fines: Parent Company Can Benefit From a Reduction in Its Subsidiary’s Fine

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A judgment of the EU General Court in March 2011, upheld on appeal by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 22 January 2013, is potentially good news for parent companies. Where both a parent company and its...more

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