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In a recent case, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that, when the EU courts reduce a fine imposed by the Commission on a subsidiary for an infringement of the EU competition rules, they may also apply the same reduction to the fine imposed jointly and severally on the subsidiary’s parent.

On 17 December 2014, the European Commission published a proposal to amend its procedural rules and notices following the recent adoption of Directive 2014/104 on competition damages actions.

On 29 May 2017, the European Commission (the "Commission") published the final report on the results of its review of EU consumer law (the "Fitness Check"), which was initiated in January 2016.

With reference to the case at hand, the ECJ found information concerning the difference in store sizes on which the price comparison is based to be material.

The ECJ considered the broad scope of ‘any information' in the definition of personal data under Article 2(a) of the Data Protection Directive.

On 14 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hungarian Supreme Court on the application of Article 101 TFEU to certain agreements between insurance companies and car repair shops.

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party adopted an opinion that reviews the effectiveness and limits of existing anonymisation techniques.

On 8 August 2012, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") handed down a judgment in relation to a challenge by Irish airline Ryanair against the decision of the Competition Commission ("CC") to continue its investigation into Ryanair’s completed acquisition of a minority shareholding in rival Aer Lingus, notwithstanding the European Commission’s parallel examination of a proposed public bid by Ryanair to acquire the entirety of Aer Lingus’ share capital (the "Public Bid").

Under the European greenhouse gas emission trading scheme, industrial firms are required to cover their emissions of greenhouse gasses with an amount of emission allowances corresponding to their actual emissions.

The Court of Appeal sided with the Commercial Court’s view that an expert report is required before making a final decision on the existence of an abuse.

On 7 December 2010, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") delivered a judgment in response to two references for a preliminary ruling lodged by the Austrian Supreme Court with regard to the interpretation of Articles 15(1)(c) and 15(3) of Council Regulation 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the so-called "Brussels I Regulation").

On 24 September 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal reduced the fines that the Financial Services and Markets Authority had imposed on Ageas, the successor in title of Fortis Bank, and on two of its former top executives...

On 14 February 2018, the Belgian Official Journal (Belgisch Staatsblad/Moniteur belge) published a Charter on the Access of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to Public Procurement Procedures ...

The Commercial Court of Liège (the "Liège Court") applied the new territorial jurisdiction rules for patent cases and referred an action for annulment to the Brussels Commercial Court.

On 26 January 2023, the Belgian Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) quashed a judgment of the Liège Court of Appeal (the Court of Appeal) finding that a subagent was not entitled...

On 6 February 2024, the federal Council of Ministers submitted to the Chamber of Representatives of the federal Parliament bill 55K3813 (the Bill)...

On 6 December 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down its judgment in the AstraZeneca case, following an appeal against a 2010 judgment of the General Court which itself had upheld in large part an earlier decision of the European Commission that had imposed a € 60 million fine on the company for abuse of the patent system and regulatory procedures in the pharmaceutical sector.

The General Court of the European Union dismissed appeals by four undertakings against a Commission decision fining them for their involvement in a cartel affecting the supply of calcium carbide and magnesium reagents.