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ECJ preliminary ruling that an absolute ban on internet sales breaches prohibition on anti-competitive agreements

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 3 2011

The ECJ has given a preliminary ruling following a reference from the Paris Court of Appeal, with regards to whether certain selective distribution agreements containing an absolute ban on internet sales of cosmetics and personal care products to consumers breached Article 101 TFEU

The Gneral Court annuls the 31.66 EUR million fine imposed on Koninklijke Grolsch NV for its participation in a cartel on the Dutch beer market

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union, Netherlands
  • -
  • October 7 2011

The General Court has handed down its judgment in the appeal by Koninklijke Grolsch NV against a Commission decision finding that it had infringed Article 101(1) TFEU by operating an illegal price-fixing cartel in the beer market in the Netherlands

Elf Aquitaine wins appeal on parental liability in cartel decision

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 7 2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) have annulled Elf Aquitaine’s liability for an illegal cartel in the market for monochloreacetic acid

CAT clears OFT to review Ryanair stake in Aer Lingus

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • August 4 2011

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (the CAT) has held that the OFT is “in time” to review the 2006 acquisition by Ryanair of a minority shareholding in rival Aer Lingus

General Court upholds liability in acrylic glass cartel case

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 6 2011

The General Court (the Court) has upheld a decision of the Commission which found Arkema France’s (Arkema) parent companies Total and Elf Aquitaine, jointly and severally liable for Arkema’s part in the acrylic glass (methacrylates) cartel

General Court refuses interim measures in pre-stressing steel cartel appeal

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 6 2011

The Court has rejected an application by a steel producer to suspend the operation of a Commission cartel decision pending its appeal

Judgment released in ECJ leniency documents disclosure case

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 6 2011

The ECJ has handed down a judgment, following a reference from the German courts, on the interpretation of Council Regulation 12003 (Regulation 12003) concerning the access of third parties to documents supplied under a leniency procedure

General Court considers fines in removal services cartel appeals

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 6 2011

In March 2008, the Commission imposed fines of 32.76 million on 10 undertakings relating to a cartel on the international removals market between 1984 and 2003

Litigation

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 10 2011

The General Court has dismissed appeals by Elf Aquitaine SA (and its subsidiary, Arkema France) against a Commission decision that imposed a fine for price-fixing and market-sharing in relation to sodium chlorate paper bleach

General Court upholds European Commission fine of EUR 10.2 million on Visa for breach of Article 101 TFEU

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 5 2011

The General Court has dismissed an appeal by Visa Europe and Visa International Service Association (Visa) against the imposition of a EUR 10.2 million fine by the Commission for Visa’s refusal to grant Morgan Stanley (MS) membership of the Visa network