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LD Mannheim, April 9, 2025, Request To Separate Proceedings, UPC_CFI_819/2024

Where several defendants belong to different competing groups of companies, potential conflicts with EU competition law may arise from the submission...

Germany Anti-trust

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Antitrust In Focus - March 2025

In the latest edition of our annual report, we identify the major trends and developments in antitrust enforcement worldwide in 2024 and consider how changes in enforcement and regulatory priorities may play out in 2025.

Germany Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Germany To Facilitate The Collective Pursuit Of Antitrust Damages Claims

The Development: Recent rulings indicate that it will be easier for cartel victims to pursue their claims in German courts by assigning them to a special purpose vehicle ("SPV"), which then litigates the combined claims as the sole plaintiff against the cartel

European Union Anti-trust

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Jones Day

German Federal Cartel Office: Transfer Of Employees May Already Be Subject To Merger Control

The German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) recently investigated a significant case involving so-called "Acqui-Hires."

Germany Anti-trust

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Oppenhoff

Competition Law Developments In Germany: Three Things We Are Watching

Germany Anti-trust

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Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Acqui-Hire: The Microsoft/Inflection Case And Its Implications For Legal Practice And Legislation

Germany Anti-trust

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Noerr

(No) Clarity On Exclusivity Rebates – European Court Of Justice Ends Long Dispute On Intel's Rebates Practice

Germany Anti-trust

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Noerr

Clear Guideline For Assessing Non-compete Obligations For Market Shares Above 30 % Under Competition Law

Germany Anti-trust

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Noerr

Growing Antitrust Risk Of Information Exchanges

Germany Anti-trust

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Noerr

German Federal Government Unveils Proposals For Modernizing EU Competition Law

European Union Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright

More Pills To Swallow – Antitrust Scrutiny In The Pharmaceutical Sector Remains High

European Union Anti-trust

HM

Hengeler Mueller

Cartels Comparative Guide

Germany Anti-trust

AO

A&O Shearman

The European Commission's Revised Market Definition Notice In Practice

European Union Anti-trust

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Advant Beiten

DMA's Self-Preferencing Ban: Setting The Stance For Equal Treatment

Germany Anti-trust

Blomstein

Trump vs. EU-US Data Privacy Framework?

Germany Privacy

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SKW Schwarz

Focus On Labour Law - 1st Quarter 2025

Germany Employment

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Oppenhoff

Coalition Agreement 2025: New German Government's Plans For Labor And Employment Laws

Germany Employment

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Littler Mendelson

IP Quick Tip: How To Implement The UPC's Approach To FRAND In Practice (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard Advises NxtAssets On Listing Of Bitcoin And Ethereum ETPs On SIX Swiss Exchange

Germany Technology

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Kellerhals Carrard

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Antitrust, EU Competition

EuGH bejaht Zugangsansprüche zu digitalen Plattformen: Verfeinerung der Essential-Facilities-Doctrine

Der Europäische Gerichtshof hat im Februar 2025 in einem wichtigen Urteil „Android Auto" (EuGH, Urteil vom 25.2.2025, C‑233/23) die Anwendung der Essential-Facilities-Doctrine...

Germany Commercial

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Oppenhoff

ECJ Affirms Access Claims To Digital Platforms: Refinement Of The Essential Facilities Doctrine

In February 2025, the European Court of Justice clarified the application of the essential facilities doctrine in the context of digital platforms in its "Android Auto" judgment (ECJ, judgment of February 25, 2025, C-233/23).

Germany Commercial

OP

Oppenhoff

LD Mannheim, April 9, 2025, Request To Separate Proceedings, UPC_CFI_819/2024

Where several defendants belong to different competing groups of companies, potential conflicts with EU competition law may arise from the submission...

Germany Anti-trust

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Antitrust In Focus - March 2025

Germany Anti-trust

AO

A&O Shearman

Germany To Facilitate The Collective Pursuit Of Antitrust Damages Claims

European Union Anti-trust

JD

Jones Day

German Federal Cartel Office: Transfer Of Employees May Already Be Subject To Merger Control

Germany Anti-trust

OP

Oppenhoff

Competition Law Developments In Germany: Three Things We Are Watching

Germany Anti-trust

AV

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

BRUSSELS À JOUR – Brussels Callin' For Call-in Rights: Legal Uncertainty Remains After Illumina/GRAIL

Germany Commercial

HM

Hengeler Mueller

Acqui-Hire: The Microsoft/Inflection Case And Its Implications For Legal Practice And Legislation

Germany Anti-trust

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Noerr

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Cartels, Monopolies

Cartels Comparative Guide

Cartels Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Germany, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Germany Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Update Data Protection No. 150 - Meta Suffers Defeat Before The ECJ – National Competition Authority Can Find An Infringement Of The GDPR

With the judgment of 4 July 2023, the European Court of Justice decided that a national competition authority can refer to the General Data Protection Regulation in its examination.

Germany Privacy

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HEUKING

Sustainability and competition law has been a hotly debated topic. While some competition authorities have dedicated specific guidelines for cooperations among competitors in the name of sustainability.

Germany Anti-trust

Blomstein

Association Recommendations In A Regulatory Context: French BPA Case Highlights Red Lines

European Union Anti-trust

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Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB

Digital Compliance: Antitrust Screening

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Oppenhoff

Antitrust Liability Traps In The "agency Model" – What To Watch Out For

Germany Anti-trust

OP

Oppenhoff

New Epoch In German Antitrust Law: Far-Reaching New Powers Of Intervention For The Federal Cartel Office

Germany Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright

German Economist Sues OPEC As Illegal Cartel

Germany Anti-trust

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MoginRubin

German Federal Cartel Office Allows Cooperation Between Competitors In The Event Of A Gas Supply Emergency – Under Certain Conditions

Germany Anti-trust

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Oppenhoff

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Trade Regulation & Practices

Merger Control Comparative Guide

Merger Control Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Germany, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Germany Anti-trust

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POELLATH

EU Authorized New Sanctions Against Russia

In response to the Russian Federation's activities targeting Ukraine and the recognition of Luhansk/Donetsk as independent regions, EU foreign ministers have authorized three packages of sanctions.

European Union International

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Taylor Wessing PartG mbB

Germany Adopts EU Unfair Trade Rules For Buyers Of Food And Agricultural Products

New law regulates commercial dealings between suppliers and comparatively larger buyers of food and agricultural products.

European Union Anti-trust

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Jones Day

German Federal Cartel Office Publishes Paper On Competition Restraints In Online Sales

European Union Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

German And Austrian Competition Authorities Publish Draft Guidelines On New Transaction Value Merger Control Thresholds

Germany Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

Are OTT Services Telecommunications Services? German Court Asks European Court Of Justice For Preliminary Ruling | Gmail Case

Germany Media & IT

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

German Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling On Unfair Trading Practices

Germany Anti-trust

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Jones Day

Fair Fares - Clarifications From The European Court

European Union Consumer

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Clyde & Co

Bundeskartellamt untersagt Exklusivvereinbarungen von Eventim (Ticketsystemdienstleistungen)

Germany Anti-trust

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Fieldfisher

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EU Law/ Regulatory

Merger Control, Member State Level - Germany

According to a press release of 18 March 2011, the German Federal Cartel Office has prohibited the plans of broadcasting groups RTL and Pro7Sat1 to form a joint venture for the creation and operation of an online video platform.

Germany Anti-trust

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

Nestlé Refuses to Settle for Information Exchange Which the German Federal Cartel Office ('BKartA') Sees as Anti-Competitive

According to industry sources, Nestlé will not agree to a settlement with the BKartA in the case brought against it for the exchange of competitively relevant information.

Germany Anti-trust

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SJ Berwin LLP

The German Federal Cartel Office ('Bkarta') Blocks Planned Online Video Platform Of RTL And Pro7Sat1

The BKartA has blocked plans by the TV-channel operators RTL and Pro7Sat1 to form a joint venture for the provision of an online video platform.

Germany Anti-trust

SB

SJ Berwin LLP

Bkarta Fines Three Food Companies For Anti-Competitive Information Exchanges

Germany Anti-trust

SB

SJ Berwin LLP

Newsletter Antitrust Law December 2010

Germany Anti-trust

OP

Oppenhoff

Newsletter Antitrust Law – September 2010

Germany Anti-trust

OP

Oppenhoff

The German Federal Cartel Office (Bkarta) Launches Sector Enquiry Into The Food Retail Sector

Germany Anti-trust

SB

SJ Berwin LLP

German Federal Cartel Office Fines Producers Of Fire Engines €20.5m For Price Fixing And Quota Agreements

Germany Anti-trust

SB

SJ Berwin LLP

Antitrust Alert: German High Court Rules Companies Have Standing To Sue Against Illegal State Aid To Competitors

Germany Anti-trust

JD

Jones Day

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What's On The Plate For The New EU Competition Commissioner? (Video)

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Norton Rose Fulbright

Contrast Competition Knipperlichten (Video)

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Contrast

3 Minutes On Vertical Restraints (Video)

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Arendt & Medernach

Brexit And Antitrust Law (Video)

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Noerr

Lancement de Start You Up 2019 : Le programme de croissance par August Debouzy à destination des start-ups et des projets innovants (Video)

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August Debouzy

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