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Month: January 2026

Conference Debriefing (48): EU Competition Conference 2026

Conference Debriefing (48): EU Competition Conference 2026

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Those travelling to Brussels on 20 January 2026 did not dream of Belgian confectionery, but competition. It was time once again for the EU Competition Conference, jointly organised by the Institute for Competition Law at Heinrich Heine University and the law firm CMS. High-ranking representatives from practice, authorities and academia all turned out for the conference. Right in the thick of it: our doctoral students from Düsseldorf – Klara Dresselhaus, Sofia Schulz and Sebastian Steinert report for D’Kart. A Day…

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Competition law in conflict cases 2025 – highlights beyond the classic follow-on cases

Competition law in conflict cases 2025 – highlights beyond the classic follow-on cases

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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…

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