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Privilege after Akzo - a checklist for in-house lawyers

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union
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  • September 24 2010

The recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision in the Akzo case (see our e-bulletin of 14 September) has sparked renewed interest in legal professional privilege issues

A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

IP-rich Japanese companies may face new competition issues in Europe: CJEU's decision in AstraZeneca

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Japan
  • -
  • March 25 2013

Japanese companies that enjoy a dominant position in a particular market in Europe are likely to be aware that they are subject to high standards of

New “opt-out” class action to be introduced for competition claims

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 29 2013

The government has today published its plans for reforming the UK regime for competition law private actions, including the creation of a new

Vertical agreements - a hot topic in Asian competition law enforcement: China's NDRC fines liquor makers for resale price maintenance; developments in Malaysia and Singapore

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, Malaysia, Singapore
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  • February 28 2013

On 22 February 2013, two provincial branches of National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China ("NDRC") (Guizhou Price

High Court rules on judicial review of OFT case closure decision

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 27 2009

On 20 January 2009, in the Cityhook case, the High Court ruled for the first time on the OFT's discretion in closing an investigation under the Competition Act 1998

ECJ clarifies rules on parental liability for infringements of EU competition law committed by wholly-owned subsidiaries

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • September 16 2009

In its judgement of 9 September 2009 in Akzo Nobel NV v Commission (Case C-9708), the European Court of Justice ruled that a 100 shareholding of a parent company in a subsidiary is sufficient to create a rebuttable presumption that the parent company exercised decisive influence over the commercial policy of the subsidiary and to enable the Commission to hold the parent company liable for the infringement committed by its subsidiary

Supreme Court finds for banks in overdraft charges litigation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 1 2009

In a judgment handed down on 25 November 2009, the Supreme Court overturned earlier rulings of the High Court and the Court of Appeal that would have allowed the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to investigate the fairness of charges levied by banks for unauthorised overdrafts and other related charges under Regulation 6(2) of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (the Regulations

ECJ rules on damages claim in SchneiderLegrand merger

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • July 20 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has set aside in part the Court of First Instance's (CFI) judgment which granted Schneider the right to compensation for two heads of damage sustained as a result of the illegal prohibition of its merger with Legrand by the European Commission (Commission

Competition Appeal Board of Singapore decision on SISTIC exclusive agreements

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, Singapore
  • -
  • July 18 2012

In the first abuse of dominance case under Singapore’s Competition Act, the Competition Appeal Board (Appeal Board) upheld an abuse of dominance decision by the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) against SISTIC, Singapore’s largest ticketing services provider

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