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Antitrust
On September 17, the European Court of First Instance handed down the long-awaited judgment in the Akzo Nobel ( Akzo ) case, upholding the Commission’s May 8, 2003 decision on the scope of legal privilege in the context o... more
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John Shenefield, Christian Zschocke, Jürgen Beninca, Izzet Sinan, Jean Leygonie
Written by Jürgen Beninca and Christian Zschocke (with contributions from John Shenefield, Izzet Sinan, and Jean Leygonie), Antitrust in Praxis – A Guideline describes major principles of European and German antitrus... more
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Antitrust
On July 9, 2007, the European Court of First Instance handed down a judgment in favor of Apollo Management and Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., upholding Hexion’s acquisition of Akzo Nobel’s Inks and Adhesives Resin... more
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Antitrust
Fewer transactions will require notification in Germany if a recent lower court decision holds up. The court that reviews Federal Cartel Office (FCO) decisions, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, recently broadened the ... more
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Antitrust
The European Commission (the Commission) has further strengthened the deterrent factor in fines for violations of European Community antitrust rules by issuing new guidelines (the Guidelines), designed to increase the level of f... more
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Antitrust
On December 19, the European Commission released its long-awaited discussion paper on "exclusionary abuses" under Article 82 of the EC treaty. Article 82, which is analogous to Section 2 of the Sherman Act, prohibits companies ... more
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Antitrust
In a speech delivered on December 11, 2002, Joe Simons, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition ("BC"), announced some important improvements to the Second Request process, while reaffirming the current administration's stro... more