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An end to free pricing in the German pharmaceuticals market

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
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  • November 22 2010

Germany has long been the only country in Europe that allows pharmaceutical producers to determine freely their prices for new, supposedly innovative products

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

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • 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

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

German Federal Court of Justice takes a stand in Orange Book Standard

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
  • -
  • July 27 2009

The antitrust division of the Federal Court of Justice in Germany delivered a landmark judgment in the Orange Book Standard proceeding dealing with the use of the so-called "compulsory license objection under anti-trust law

Caught in the act of acquiring some shares: the application of merger control rules on the acquisition of non-controlling minority shareholdings in Germany and the UK

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • January 5 2011

Enterprises and corporate lawyers certainly know by now that they may have to go through merger control proceedings if they want to acquire "control" of another enterprise

German federal cartel office consults on substantive merger control - draft guidance focuses on market dominance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

New Federal Supreme Court ruling on acting in concert

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Germany
  • -
  • January 18 2007

“Acting in concert,” a situation in which in which investors work together to attain the same investment goal, is one of the most controversial issues in German takeover law

Infringement proceedings against Germany over “regulatory holidays” for Deutsche Telekom

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • March 2 2007

The European Commission has fast-tracked its infringement proceedings against Germany over "regulatory holidays" for Deutsche Telekom

Commission approves steel trading joint venture

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • January 18 2008

The European Commission has cleared the proposed joint venture between Grupo Villacero (Viga-Villacero) of Mexico and Münchmeyer Petersen & Co (MPC) and MAN AG, both of Germany

Mergers: German merger cooled down

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • February 9 2007

The European Commission has referred certain aspects of the proposed acquisition of scrap metal company TSR to the German Competition Authority for examination under German competition law