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Despite a battle stretching back 28 years, the EU's Court of Justice has today refused to recognise that in-house counsel may give privileged or confidential legal advice in competition matters to their corporate colleagues
A recent decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that internal communications between in-house lawyers and their fellow company employees are not privileged in relation to European Commission (Commission) competition law cases
