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The investigation was launched in late January and is expected to continue well into 2024.

DPA has alerted the BKartA to possible irregularities in a media merger between the German arm of the US agency Associated Press ("AP") and the news service DDP.

The BkartA has reiterated its views on the oligopolistic nature of the German mineral oil sector.

On 9 June 2016, the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") published a working paper on "The Market Power of Platforms and Networks".

Deuter decided to change its distribution structure and to sell its bags through a selective distribution system as of 1 March 2013.

Sugar producers want to provide each other with production capacity in the event of a gas supply cut and resulting production stoppage at affected factories.

On 4 April 2014, the German authorities extradited an Italian national to the United States to face antitrust charges under the US Sherman Act.

Following consumer complaints, the BKartA has launched an informal investigation into bank charges that are levied at cash machines in transactions where the customers' card-issuing bank is different to the bank running the ATM.

Competition authorities around the world – and in particular in Europe – have re-focused their attention on pre-closing behavior and transaction structures.

On 22 March 2018, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg upheld a ruling of the Regional Court of Hamburg ordering an authorized dealer in a selective distribution system to cease and desist...

Aus der westeuropäischen und insbesondere deutschen Perspektive wird das Kartellrecht als politisch weitgehend neutrale Materie empfunden.

Germany has introduced a new threshold for premerger notifications to its merger control system, effective tomorrow, 25 March 2009.

The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) [Bundeskartellamt, BKO] has recently admonished HRS Hotel Reservation Service Robert Ragge GmbH about its most-favoured status clauses in hotel contracts.

Das OLG Frankfurt am Main entschied am 12. Juli 2018 in Sachen 'Coty Germany GmbH v Parfümerie Akzente GmbH', dass ein Anbieter von Luxusprodukten seinen autorisierten Händlern einen Vertrieb...

The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf) has resolved a case resulting from a conditional clearance decision of the German Federal Cartel Office ("BKartA"), in relation to the merger between Globus Fachmärkte GmbH & Co. KG ("Globus", a German DIY store chain) and Hela Profizentren ("Hela", a DIY store chain owned by the Distributa-Group).

The Federal Cartel Office (BKartA) released draft guidelines on resale price maintenance on 25 January 2017.

The European Commission has imposed a fine of EUR110 million (US$122 million) on Facebook for providing misleading or incorrect information to the European Commission when it filed the acquisition of WhatsApp for merger approval in 2014.