New court direction on antitrust cartel fines in Germany *

Germany - April 26 2013
The German Federal Court of Justice ("BGH") has handed down a decision that is likely to have a significant impact on the setting of cartel fines in…

Co-authors: Dr. Carsten T. Gromotke, Thomas Jestaedt.

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Antitrust alert: fast-forward for FRAND disputes in Europe *

European Union, Germany - April 11 2013
The Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany, has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") to clarify a number of questions at the…

Co-authors: Dr. Christian B. Fulda.

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New competition law regime established in African COMESA *

Africa - February 5 2013
A new supra-national African competition law regime, the COMESA Competition Commission ("CCC"), began operations in January 2013. This new regime…

Co-authors: Alexandre G. Verheyden, Francesco Liberatore.

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U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission close antitrust investigations into high-profile patent acquisitions *

European Union, USA - February 24 2012
This past week the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was closing its investigations of three high-profile acquisitions of substantial patent portfolios, including patents essential to implementing standards in the wireless communications and computer industries.

Co-authors: Serge Clerckx, Craig A. Waldman, Geoffrey D. Oliver.

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European Union General Court grants access to the European Commission’s files to private antitrust plaintiff *

European Union, Germany - December 20 2011
The General Court of the European Union (General Court) has annulled a decision by the EU Commission (EC) that denied access by a private plaintiff to the EC’s files in cartel proceedings (Case T‑437/08 – CDC Hydrogene Peroxide vs European Commission). 

Co-authors: Dr. Dieter Strubenhoff .

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