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On July 31 2009 the Cologne Upper Regional Court ruled on two aspects of Lufthansa's general conditions of carriage.

The German Federal Court of Justice ("BGH") has handed down a decision that is likely to have a significant impact on the setting of cartel fines in Germany, potentially reducing the maximum cartel fine for some defendants.

Öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunkanstalten dürfen Verlage nicht bei der Herausgabe von Zeitschriften unterstützen.

Between €0.30 and €0.50 more per liter at the gas station within just a few weeks: the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a price development in many countries around the world on a scale last seen...

Facebook is faced with a fine of EUR110 million (US$122 million) for providing misrepresentative or incorrect information to the European Commission when it filed the acquisition of WhatsApp for merger approval in 2014.

Asics had not appealed the finding of the Higher Regional Court that the prohibition against using price comparison sites fell under Article 101(1) TFEU.

On November 24, 2021, the incoming German government presented its coalition agreement for the 2021 to 2025 tenure.

A recent case handled by the German Federal Cartel Office clearly shows that (antitrust) compliance training alone is no guarantee of compliant behavior. Companies would be well advised...

The 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC)—also called the "Digitalization Act"—became effective on January 19, 2021.

On 23 January 2018, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled that there might be an abuse under competition law if a company asks a dependent company for wedding rebates that are not objectively justified.

On May 12, 2026, the Cartel Division (Kartellsenat) of the BGH handed down a landmark ruling on the limits of bundled cartel damages claims brought by claims collection vehicles.

By decision of 21 June 2012, the Regional Court of Bonn ("the Court") upheld a decision by the Local Court of Bonn approving the seizure by the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") of internal audit documents that had been prepared by external counsel at the premises of the appellant.

The automotive repair shop had acted as an authorised repairer for the manufacturer concerned for several years before the manufacturer decided to rearrange its service network.

On 6 December 2017 the Court of Justice of the EU delivered its long awaited judgment in case Coty Germany GmbH v Parfümerie Akzente GmbH based on a request for a preliminary ruling...