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UK Government announces proposals for an “opt-out” collective competition damages action

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2013

On 29 January 2013, the UK Government's Department for Business, Innovation & Skills announced new proposals designed to improve the ability for

German Federal Cartel Office levies administrative fine due to incomplete merger notification

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • January 24 2013

The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has imposed an administrative fine for the submission of incomplete information in a merger notification. The

Germany amends competition law: key changes

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
  • -
  • October 30 2012

On 18 October, the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) adopted several changes to German competition law

Merger regime jurisdiction over minority shareholdings: recent developments in Europe

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 5 2012

Although a growing number of jurisdictions have adopted a merger control regime, there is no uniform approach to the acquisition of noncontrolling minority shareholdings

European Commission considers taking over cartel investigations to prevent exploitation of German law loophole

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
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  • March 22 2012

Under German law, companies may escape cartel fines by undertaking an internal restructuring

German court protects the confidentiality of leniency submissions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
  • -
  • February 14 2012

In the wake of the seminal European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in case C-36009 - Pfleiderer AG v Bundeskartellamt, Amtsgericht Bonn (Bonn local court), in a decision rendered on 18 January 2012 (case 51 Gs 5309), has refused to give a damages claimant access to leniency submissions held by the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO

German Competition Authority starts sector inquiry into food retail

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
  • -
  • September 16 2011

The German Competition Authority has started a sector inquiry in the food retail sector yesterday and has sent questionnaires to 21 retailers and over 200 producers in the food and beverages industry

German federal cartel office consults on substantive merger control - draft guidance focuses on market dominance

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
  • -
  • July 27 2011

On 21 July 2011, the German Federal Cartel Office published a consultation paper on substantive merger control called “Draft Guidance on Substantive Merger Control” (Draft Guidance

Supreme Court allows the passing-on defense in antitrust damages actions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
  • -
  • July 8 2011

The German Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling handed down on 28 June 2011, has held that members of a cartel are able to defend themselves against a claim for damages by raising the defense that the relevant applicants have passed on the damage caused by higher prices onto a downstream market (the so-called "passing-on defense"

German antitrust regulator steps up the fight against gun-jumping

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • June 30 2011

More than 100 countries worldwide have merger control regimes, which require parties to reportable transactions to notify antitrust regulators and obtain competition clearance

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