Mayer Brown | Germany | 15 Apr 2015
In our last Legal Update in a series of commentary pieces by Mayer Brown about the directive on private antitrust damages actions (the "Directive")…
Mayer Brown | European Union | 12 Dec 2014
The owner of a standard essential patent (SEP) may have to make a licence offer before seeking an injunction, following the non binding opinion of…
Mayer Brown | European Union | 9 Dec 2014
Damages Actions for Eu Antitrust Law Infringements in Force On 10 November 2014 the governments of the 28 EU Member States approved a new law that…
Mayer Brown | European Union | 10 Nov 2014
Today's sign-off from the national governments in the EU is the final substantive step towards adoption by the EU of legislation on antitrust damages…
Mayer Brown | Germany | 14 Oct 2014
In Germany, a large number of transactions – in recent times, more than 1,000 each year – have to be reported to the national antitrust authority…
Mayer Brown | United Kingdom | 31 Mar 2014
The Competition & Markets Authority ("CMA") becomes the single UK competition regulator, taking over from the UK's Office of Fair Trading and…
Mayer Brown | United Kingdom | 3 Mar 2014
Important changes to the UK merger regime from 1 April 2014 will affect the planning and implementation of UK M&A transactions...
Mayer Brown | European Union | 4 Oct 2013
With its judgment of 6 September 20131, the General Court of the European Union ("General Court") confirmed the legality of the far-reaching…
Mayer Brown | European Union | 26 Sep 2013
Mayer Brown welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s consultation documents “Towards more effective EU merger control”…
Mayer Brown | European Union | 1 Aug 2013
On 1 August 2013, a new Communication from the European Commission on the application of state aid rules to support banks, and where appropriate…