On 27 November 2017, the General Court ("GC") dismissed appeals brought by HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement against the European Commission's ...

The EU Parliament and Council reached political agreement on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) late on Thursday night. The Commission has been quick to welcome the agreement, stating that the DMA...

The Commission and Chinese authorities agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding in 2012 describing potential exchanges of views and experiences with respect to competition and anti-monopoly law.

On 28 March 2012, the European Commission imposed a total of € 2,500,000 in fines on Energetický a průmyslový holding and EP Investment Advisors, active in the energy sector in the Czech Republic, for obstructing an on-the-spot inspection carried out by Commission officials from 24 to 26 November 2009 at their premises in Prague as part of an antitrust investigation.

On 3 April 2012, the European Commission announced that it had opened an antitrust investigation against Motorola Mobility over concerns that the US-based mobile phone company may be abusing its dominant position by obstructing the use of certain of its standard essential patents, contrary to Article 102 TFEU.

Between 1993 and 2008, BRV had been contracted to collaborate with a number of vehicle engine manufacturers for the purpose of equipping Formula One and MotoGP engines with rotary valve technology.

On 8 April 2016, the Commission announced that it had adopted a decision to relieve Deutsche Bahn of its obligation to comply with a commitments decision made binding on the company in December 2013.

On 7 December 2011, the European Commission announced that it had imposed fines totalling over € 161 million on four producers of household and commercial refrigeration compressors (ACC, Danfoss, Embraco and Panasonic) for taking part in illegal cartel.

The General Court of the European Union recently handed down judgments partially annulling the European Commission’s decision of 28 January 2009 in the marine hoses cartel case following appeals by Parker ITR, Trelleborg Industrie, and Manuli Rubber Industries.

On 22 March 2012, the General Court rendered a judgment confirming the European Commission’s power to request documents pre-dating a member state’s accession to the EU.

On 29 March 2012, the General Court dismissed in their entirety two appeals brought against the European Commission decision which found that Telefónica had abused its dominant position in the market for access to broadband internet in Spain by engaging in a margin squeeze.

On 26 October 2017, the General Court dismissed an appeal by Marine Harvest against a € 20 million fine imposed on it by the Commission for implementing its acquisition of sole control over Morpol ...

On 6 July 2011, the European Commission announced that it has closed its antitrust investigation into allegations by Spanish pharmaceutical company Almirall.

On 25 March 2019, the European Commission ("Commission") announced its decision to fine Nike € 12,555,000 for limiting the ability of licensees to sell licensed merchandising products to other EEA countries.

The Majors had decided to contribute financially to the digitisation of European cinemas through specific agreements with intermediaries.

The air travel tax is an excise duty which airline companies operating in Ireland must pay in respect of every passenger departing on an aircraft from an airport situated in Ireland.

In October 2012, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") published orders of 15 June 2012 rejecting the appeals of Otis and United Technologies Corporation ("UTC") against an earlier EU General Court ("GC") ruling in the lift and escalator cartel case.

The General Court handed down two judgments on appeal by Nexans and Prysmian, challenging Commission decisions providing for unannounced on-site inspections in the electrical cables sector.

On 27 June 2012, the European Commission announced that it had re-imposed a € 131.61 million fine on Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric.