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

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • 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

CFI backs Commission in Microsoft case

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 29 2008

The European Court of First Instance (CFI) recently upheld the decision of the European Commission, taken in 2004, to fine the Microsoft Corporation a total of EUR 497 million for abuse of its dominant position in the market for work group server operating systems and streaming media players

A single meeting between competitors may breach competition law

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, Netherlands
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • 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 rules that a development agreement between two contracting authorities is a works contract that must be tendered

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • January 31 2007

The ECJ handed down judgment in Case C-22005, Auroux, on 18 January 2007 following a referral from the Tribunal administratif de Lyon (Tribunal

CFI upholds carbonless paper cartel ruling, grants reduced fines

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 23 2007

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has upheld the European Commission’s decision against members of a carbonless paper price-fixing cartel, but reduced the fines imposed by the Commission on two cartel members

CFI upholds fines to Deutsche Telekom

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • May 27 2008

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has ruled to uphold the EC’s finding of abuse of dominance by Deutsche Telekom

Antitrust heads face off over Microsoft ruling

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • October 29 2007

EU and US regulators exchanged criticisms over the CFI’s recent decision to uphold the EC’s 2004 ruling against Microsoft Corporation

Parents get the blame again ECJ confirms circumstances in which a parent company can be held liable for a breach of competition rules by its subsidiaries

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • September 30 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently confirmed that a parent company may be held liable for the anti-competitive behaviour of its subsidiaries, despite the absence of any involvement by the parent company itself

CFI declines privilege on seized documents

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 29 2007

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has dismissed two actions brought by Akzo Nobel and Akcros claiming that certain documents seized by the European Commission (EC) during a surprise inspection (so-called “dawn raid”) at their premises were protected by the attorney-client privilege