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