On 5 February 2015, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a ruling which put an end to the controversy surrounding the interpretation of Article 63.1 of the Spanish Competition Act ("SCA")...

Spain's Supreme Court has voided a contract including an exclusive-supply clause in favour of Repsol, following a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union ....

On 16 April 2019, the UK Court of Appeal ruled that the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") had incorrectly refused to certify a major collective action brought against Mastercard.

On 4 April 2012, the English High Court issued an order in a pending private damages claim arising out of the gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) cartel case, further to which it has granted the claimants access to a limited set of materials produced by the defendants in leniency applications made before the European Commission.

On 19 August 2011, the UK Competition Commission ("CC") announced its provisional finding that Sky’s control over subscription pay-TV movie rights in the UK is restricting competition between pay-TV providers, leading to higher prices and reduced choice and innovation for subscribers.

On 26 January 2015, the English High Court issued a judgment dismissing lawsuits brought by a tobacco manufacturer.

On 19 April 2012, the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced its decision to fine British Airways (BA) £ 58.5 million (around € 71 million) for anti-competitive practices.

On 8 October 2015, the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice increased the fine against Spar, a food retailer, from € 3 million to € 30 million after upholding an earlier finding of illegal pricing agreements relating to dairy products.

On 15 October 2014, the Belgian Competition Authority dismissed on the basis of its enforcement priorities an antitrust complaint filed by A. Spira BVBA against De Beers UK Limited and Diamdel NV.

The Belgian Supreme Court handed down a judgment concerning the powers of a director between the expiry of his or her mandate and the next shareholders’ meeting.

On 17 March 2016, the Belgian Constitutional Court partially annulled Article XVII.39 of the Code of Economic Law (Constitutional Court, judgment 41/2016 of 17 March 2016).

The Belgian Competition Authority published a non-confidential version of its 20 April 2017 decision to clear the acquisition of Belmedis, Espafarmed, Cophana, Alpha Partners and a controlling stake in Sofiadis by McKesson.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently handed down its judgment in an appeal brought by the Schindler group against a judgment of the General Court which upheld the European Commission’s 2007 decision finding that the companies within the Schindler group had infringed Article 101(1) TFEU by participating in a cartel on the market for elevators and escalators.

On 26 November 2013, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down three judgments dismissing in their entirety appeals brought by Group Gascogne, Gascogne Sack Deutschland and Kendrion against the General Court’s ("GC") rulings in the plastic industrial bags cartel case.

The ECJ handed down a ruling partially setting aside the GC’s judgment in the road bitumen cartel case and reducing the fine imposed on Ballast Nedam.

On 7 June 2017, Justice Birss of the English High Court of Justice issued a "FRAND" injunction against Huawei in its longstanding licensing dispute pitting it against Unwired Planet, a US based patent assertion entity.

On 21 December 2013, the EU’s Official Journal published a request for a preliminary ruling from a Greek Court (Monomeles Protodikeio Athinon) inquiring whether the use by Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha ("Honda") of its trademarks to prevent the importation of Honda spare parts from Thailand to Greece breaches Articles 101 or 102 TFEU or is in conflict with international trade rules, i.e. the GATT and TRIPs agreements.

On 16 June 2015, the Paris Commercial Court rejected a claim for damages brought by Siac, a former member of Renault's selective distribution system, against Renault.

On 20 July 2018, the Swedish Patent and Market Court found that so-called narrow vertical price parity clauses in contracts between Booking.com and hotels in Sweden, which prevented the hotels from ...

On 24 September 2014, the Competition and Markets Authority released a report on the private motor insurance market.