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27 August 2019

EU Antitrust Litigation: An Update

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As of mid-2018, the Damages Directive (Directive) has been incorporated across all European Union (EU) Member States.
European Union Antitrust/Competition Law

As of mid-2018, the Damages Directive (Directive) has been incorporated across all European Union (EU) Member States. The European Commission (EC) has closed its previous probes against Member States for failing to implement the Directive by the original December 27, 2016 deadline, but is continuing to assess whether certain transposing national laws are sufficient. In the meantime, a multitude of claims have been and continue to be brought across the EU. The extent to which this trend will continue or whether the landscape of EU antitrust litigation will change is yet to be seen.

Read this chapter in Shearman & Sterling’s 2019 Antitrust Annual Report, “EU Antitrust Litigation: An Update.”

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