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BWB fines cartel of wholesalers dealing in printing chemicals

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Austria
  • -
  • April 30 2010

Four wholesalers dealing in printing chemicals have been fined approximately 1.5 million in total by the Austrian Cartel Court (on the request by the Austrian Federal Competition Authority (“BWB”)) for being involved in a price-fixing cartel

The English High Court dismisses easyJet's judicial review action against the Civil Aviation Authority's Gatwick price control decision

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 1 2009

The High Court has dismissed easyJet’s claim that the Civil Aviation Authority’s (the CAA) decision of March 2008 on the price controls at Gatwick Airport was legally flawed

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

Commission v Bavarian Lager judgment

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

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

Court judgments order construction industry companies to pay the SNCF between 123 and 129 million in compensation for concerted practices

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 19 2009

The Paris administrative court has rendered a total of 34 judgments ordering construction industry companies such as Bouygues Construction, Eiffage and Vinci to pay the SNCF between 123 and 129 million in compensation for damages it suffered from a price fixing agreement

CAT publishes summary of BAA's appeal against Competition Commission's final market investigation report

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 3 2009

On 22 May 2009, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) published a summary of the application, under section 179 of the Enterprise Act 2002, by BAA to challenge the legality of certain findings of the Competition Commission in its final report on the BAA airports market investigation

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 confirms no legal privilege for communications with in-house lawyers

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • 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