English high court orders disclosure of leniency materials *

European Union, United Kingdom - April 5 2012
Materials created for and provided to the European Commission as part of a leniency application may have to be disclosed to damages claimants in the English courts.

Co-authors: Jennifer Reeves, Jon Lawrence, Belinda Hollway.

Court reduces construction fines by around 90 per cent in first cover pricing case *

United Kingdom - March 15 2011
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has reduced fines by around 90 per cent on six construction companies that had been imposed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for anti-competitive ‘cover pricing’ – a practice connected with competitive tendering.

Co-authors: Deirdre Trapp , Dan Burton, Jon Lawrence.