Increased antitrust enforcement in the financial and banking industries by competition authorities around the world
Global automotive supply antitrust investigations reach historic dimensions
Update of Commeo Newsletter of 31 August 2011
Vertical agreements
ECJ decision in Pierre-Fabre; ongoing investigations of European competition authorities concern hub and spoke scenarios, modern distribution systems and e-commerce
Global investigations
Automotive suppliers remain subject to scrutiny by cartel authorities around the world
German Federal Cartel Office
Activity Report 2009/2010 and key points of the 8th amendment of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition
Leniency applications still protected from disclosure?
ECJ decision in case Pfleiderer AG v. Bundeskartellamt, Case C-360/09
General Court – Siemens AG Österreich
EU’s General Court clarifies rules of joint and several liability for cartel fines
Advocate General Mazák confirms Commission’s approach regarding internet sales in selective distribution systems
Opinion in case Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique
European Commission adopts revised rules on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
Revised Guidelines and Block Exemption Regulations on R&D and Specialisation
EU Commissioner Almunia
Policy developments in EU competition law – Recent key remarks