771 results found

On 30 March 2012, the European Commission published its Antitrust Manual of Procedures (the so-called "ManProc"), which comprises internal working documents on the procedures concerning the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU.

On 15 July 2011, the European Parliament published a draft report on collective redress (the "Draft Report") prepared for its Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI Committee).

The General Court of the European Union delivered its judgment on appeals lodged by seven cement companies.

As regards Request 1, the Court overturned the Commission's decision denying AXA access to the section of the index which described documents relating to leniency applications.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that national competition authorities may seize business emails during dawn raids without prior court authorization, provided the seizures are legally grounded and strictly limited to the inspection's subject matter. While the decision grants authorities significant power, it establishes important safeguards, particularly for mixed-use devices containing both professional and private data, which may require prior judicial review before access is permitted

The Belgian Competition Authority recently rendered a decision imposing a significant fine on competitors guilty of anti-competitive agreements, including non-solicitation clauses.

The European Commission has accepted binding commitments from Sanofi S.A. addressing preliminary concerns that the pharmaceutical giant may have abused its dominant position in Germany and France by disparaging competitor Seqirus's enhanced flu vaccine through misleading communications to healthcare professionals. This marks the third disparagement case concluded by the Commission in recent years...

In a recent judgment, the General Court stresses the importance to fully cooperate with the Commission when entering in a leniency programme.

In 2010, following a four-year legal battle, Kinepolis succeeded in having the commitments partially lifted.

The EFTA Court found that the principle of equivalence dictates that national procedural law must remain neutral in relation to the origin of the rights invoked.

On 29 November 2012, the President of the General Court of the European Union, handed down an interim order suspending the Commission's decision to share with an English court, currently reviewing a damage claim, confidential information that the Commission had received in the course of its switchgear cartel investigation.

On 11 May 2016, the European Commission ("Commission") prohibited the proposed acquisition of Telefónica's O2 by Hutchison's Three under the EU Merger Regulation.

On June 17, 2020, the European Commission published its highly anticipated White Paper detailing its "anti-subsidy tool," aimed at rectifying supposed distortions in the EU caused by...

On 15 May 2012, Advocate General Mazák of the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down an opinion.

On July 4, 2023, the highest EU court issued a landmark judgment in Case C-252/21, where the German court referred several questions for a preliminary ruling related to (i) the interplay between...

The European Commission is currently seeking public feedback by 23 October 2025 on its proposed updates to the rules that govern how companies in the EU share technology with one another.

In a press release issued on 15 April 2015, the European Commission addressed the following issues regarding the Google case...

On 22 May 2012, the General Court of the European Union annulled a decision of the European Commission.