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Shell and Exxon-Mobil to face compensation claims from paraffin wax cartel victims

Squire Sanders
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European Union, United Kingdom
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August 17 2009

Following the Commission’s decision to levy a 676 million fine on the participants of a paraffin wax cartel, plaintiff firm Hausfeld LLP has launched legal proceedings in the High Court against Shell and ExxonMobil, two of the cartel’s participants

Commission v Bavarian Lager judgment

Squire Sanders
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European Union, United Kingdom
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June 30 2010

Bavarian Lager has previously lodged a complaint with the Commission claiming that the UK's "Guest Beer Provision", allowing managers of public houses to buy cask-conditioned beers from alternative breweries, was in fact a quantitative restriction on imports of bottled beers

Settlement by marine hose cartel member could create a template for private settlements in the future

Squire Sanders
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European Union, Global, United Kingdom
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March 16 2009

Parker ITR has reached a settlement agreement regarding its alleged involvement in the international marine hose cartel

A single meeting between competitors may breach competition law

Squire Sanders
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European Union, Netherlands
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June 10 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a single meeting between companies may constitute a concerted practice in breach of competition law

General Court’s judgment in Tomra endorses the Commission’s methods of analysis in abuse of dominance investigations

Squire Sanders
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European Union
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October 19 2010

On 9 September the General Court upheld the Commission's decision of 26 March 2006 against Tomra, a dominant supplier in the Reverse Vending Machine market

ECJ confirms no legal privilege for communications with in-house lawyers

Squire Sanders
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European Union
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October 19 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed in its judgment in AkzoNobel v Commission that the Commission is permitted to seize communications from a company's in-house lawyers and that such communications are not protected by lawyer-client privilege

Preliminary ruling by European Court of Justice gives important interpretation of Trade Mark Directive

Squire Sanders
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European Union, France
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April 27 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given a preliminary ruling on a matter of law which gives an important interpretation of the Trade Mark Directive

Germany pushing for closer look at Google’s digital book plans at EU level

Squire Sanders
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European Union, Germany
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June 3 2009

Concern is growing among some EU member states over the possible effect on European rights-holders of a class-action settlement with Google as part of its project to digitise books

UOP lodges an appeal at the Court of First Instance challenging a decision by the European Commission to allow aid to France’s Institut Francais du Petrole Group

Squire Sanders
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European Union
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June 10 2009

UOP, a unit of Honeywell dealing with petrol refinery technology, has lodged an appeal at the Court of First Instance challenging a decision by the European Commission to allow aid to France’s Institut Francais du Petrole Group a research body for hydrocarbon technology

CFI president calls for help to clear backlog of cases

Squire Sanders
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European Union
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September 30 2009

Marc Jaeger, President of the CFI, has called for help from the political bodies of the EU to clear the growing backlog of cases brought before the CFI

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