Competition law in conflict cases 2025 – highlights beyond the classic follow-on cases
The year 2025 had a lot to offer in terms of private competition law enforcement in Germany, particularly in classic follow-on proceedings. At the end of the year, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht, OLG) Stuttgart made quite an impression with its damages assessment in the so-called bathroom fittings cartel by introducing “corridors for estimation”. There was a mammoth hearing in Munich Riem on damages in the Trucks case, and the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) heard a case on…