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Although restrictions in supply and distribution (vertical) agreements are generally of lesser concern to competition authorities, we can expect to see some important cases in 2011 - both in Europe, under the new EU rules on supply and distribution agreements, and in the US, where debate over the assessment of resale price maintenance continues
The recent decision of the European Court of Justice in Akzo Nobel is an important reminder of the perils of assuming that jurisdictions outside the United States give the same status to in-house counsel as our own courts
