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Mandatory merger control notifications of minority acquisitions - the example of Germany

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • March 8 2012

The European Commission recently began a process to identify whether an enforcement gap exists in its current merger control system

European Commission issues guidance on antitrust compliance

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union
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  • December 15 2011

The European Commission recently released Compliance Matters, a booklet intended to help businesses comply with EU competition rules

ECJ preliminary ruling that an absolute ban on internet sales breaches prohibition on anti-competitive agreements

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union
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  • November 3 2011

The ECJ has given a preliminary ruling following a reference from the Paris Court of Appeal, with regards to whether certain selective distribution agreements containing an absolute ban on internet sales of cosmetics and personal care products to consumers breached Article 101 TFEU

The Commission publishes package of measures on conduct of antitrust procedures

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union
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  • November 3 2011

On 17 October 2011 the Commission adopted a package of measures comprising best practice guidelines on the conduct of antitrust proceedings (the Guidelines) and a revised Hearing Officer Mandate

Commission approves acquisition of Skype by Microsoft

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union
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  • November 3 2011

On 7 October 2011, the Commission announced that it has decided to approve the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft

Commission begins article 101 TFEU investigation into agreement between Johnson & Johnson and Novartis

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union
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  • November 3 2011

The Commission has announced that it has opened an investigation into contractual provisions between the pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson and its Swiss counterpart Novartis

Commission confirms dawn raids in the euro interest rates derivatives sector

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union
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  • November 3 2011

The Commission has confirmed that, commencing on 18 October 2011, it conducted unannounced inspections (dawn raids) at the sites of companies involved in the financial derivative products sector linked to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) in numerous Member States

The Gneral Court annuls the 31.66 EUR million fine imposed on Koninklijke Grolsch NV for its participation in a cartel on the Dutch beer market

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • October 7 2011

The General Court has handed down its judgment in the appeal by Koninklijke Grolsch NV against a Commission decision finding that it had infringed Article 101(1) TFEU by operating an illegal price-fixing cartel in the beer market in the Netherlands

Commission opens investigation into standardisation process for e-payments

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union
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  • October 7 2011

The Commission has announced that it has opened formal proceedings to investigate whether the standardisation process for payments over the internet (e-payments) undertaken by the European Payments Council infringes the prohibition against anti-competitive agreements under Article 101 TFEU

Elf Aquitaine wins appeal on parental liability in cartel decision

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union
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  • October 7 2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) have annulled Elf Aquitaine’s liability for an illegal cartel in the market for monochloreacetic acid