Last year’s highlights in German and European competition law and trends for this year

Case Agronovita: German FCO clears jv under merger control, but opens examination proceedings under general competition law

Violation of the prohibition to put a concentration into effect by creating a foreign joint venture with effects in Germany – Case Summary: EMC/Cisco

Increased antitrust enforcement in the financial and banking industries by competition authorities around the world

Update of Commeo Newsletter of 31 August 2011

ECJ decision in Pierre-Fabre; ongoing investigations of European competition authorities concern hub and spoke scenarios, modern distribution systems and e-commerce

Automotive suppliers remain subject to scrutiny by cartel authorities around the world

Activity Report 2009/2010 and key points of the 8th amendment of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition

ECJ decision in case Pfleiderer AG v. Bundeskartellamt, Case C-360/09

EU’s General Court clarifies rules of joint and several liability for cartel fines