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General Court upholds Commission's lift and escalator cartel decision

Nabarro LLP
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European Union
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July 27 2011

On 13 July 2011, the General Court (GC) dismissed the appeals by Otis, KONE and Schindler against the finding of their participation in a price-fixing, market-sharing, information exchange and bid-rigging cartel in the markets for the installation and maintenance of lifts

Toll Collect joint venture approval upheld

Nabarro LLP
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European Union
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July 13 2009

On 19 June 2009, the Court of First Instance (CFI) dismissed appeals by Qualcomm and Socratec against the approval in 2003 of a joint venture known as ‘Toll Collect'

Restrictive covenant in franchise agreement does not breach competition law

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 16 2010

The High Court dismissed a competition defence against the alleged breach of a restrictive covenant in a franchise agreement in Pirtek (UK) Limited v Joinplace Limited, on 7 July 2010

No interim remedy for Arriva against Glasgow Airport over allegations of abuse

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 12 2011

The bus company, Arriva, took interim action against Glasgow Airport Limited (GAL) alleging that GAL's refusal to provide access to an area immediately outside terminal amounted to an abuse of a dominant position

CAT reverses its previous interpretation of “decision” in favour of narrow approach

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 31 2011

The CAT has held that a “decision”, for the purposes of section 47A of the Competition Act 1998 in respect of follow-on claims for damages, means a decision relating to a specific defendant and not all of the addressees of the initial cartel infringement decision

Copper cartel participant’s human rights appeal rejected by ECJ

Nabarro LLP
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European Union
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December 16 2011

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected arguments by two participants in a copper cartel that the General Court infringed community law and their fundamental right to a fair trial by failing to carry out an adequate review of the Commission’s decision

Competition Commission acted irrationally in blocking StagecoachPreston Bus merger

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 7 2010

Th e Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has given its ruling on the appeal by Stagecoach against the Competition Commission's (CC) final report blocking the StagecoachPreston Bus Limited (PBL) merger

Single meeting held to be concerted practice

Nabarro LLP
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European Union, Netherlands
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July 13 2009

On 4 June 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a single meeting between Dutch mobile phone operators could result in anti-competitive collusion in breach of Article 81(1) EC

In-house lawyers do not have standing before the European courts

Nabarro LLP
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European Union, Poland
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October 3 2011

In a recent ruling, the General Court declared inadmissible an appeal in a competition case on the basis that the appeal was brought by an in-house lawyer rather than external counsel

Cement manufacturers ask general court for relief from 100-page information request

Nabarro LLP
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European Union
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August 19 2011

Four cement manufacturers applied to the General Court for the suspension of an information request served by the European Commission on 30 March 2011 as part of its investigation into a suspected cartel in the cement industry

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