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Bericht zur BGH-Verhandlung am 11. Februar 2025 zur Geschäftsleiterhaftung für Kartellgeldbußen

Bericht zur BGH-Verhandlung am 11. Februar 2025 zur Geschäftsleiterhaftung für Kartellgeldbußen

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Am 11. Februar 2025 traf sich ein Teil der Kartell- und Gesellschaftsrechtsgemeinde Deutschlands in Karlsruhe, um gespannt den rechtlichen Erörterungen zur Frage der Regressfähigkeit von Kartellgeldbußen zu lauschen. Auch Prof. Dr. Christian Kersting und seine Mitarbeiter waren vor Ort. Die einleitenden Ausführungen des VorsRiBGH Kirchhoff ließen schnell erkennen, dass die Frage des Organregresses keineswegs in einer schnellen Verhandlung beantwortet werden kann. Das sollte jedoch bereits klar gewesen sein, nachdem es gegensätzliche Entscheidungen aus (den Kartellhauptstädten) Düsseldorf und Dortmund gab und…

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The saw on the Legal Services Act

The saw on the Legal Services Act

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Christian Kersting, director of Heinrich Heine University’s Institute for Competition Law, analyses the ECJ ruling in case C-253/23 – ASG2 (ECLI:EU:C:2025:40). The case, originating from the Landgericht Dortmund, deals with an issue in competition law damages claims: Under what circumstances can plaintiffs assign their claims to a third party? The matter became relevant in a stand-alone action brought by sawmills in Germany against the Land of North-Rhine Westphalia – they seek damages after an (alleged) infringement of antitrust rules. Dieser…

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Conference Debriefing (45): Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht 2024

Conference Debriefing (45): Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht 2024

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PDF-Version: Hier klicken Zitiervorschlag: Lübbig, DKartJ 2024, 63-67 Wenn die Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, der Verein der deutschsprachigen Kartellrechtsanwältinnen und -anwälte Anfang Dezember nach Bonn ruft, ist das wie eine vorgezogene Silvesterfeier: Alle sind aufgeräumter Stimmung, man lässt das Jahr Revue passieren und orakelt ein bisschen Richtung Zukunft. Für den D’Kart-Blog zu Gast in diesem Jahr: Thomas Lübbig. Der Berliner Rechtsanwalt war auch dabei, als die Studienvereinigung einen neuen Vorstand gewählt hat. || Der Präsident spricht Auch diejenigen Mitglieder der Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht…

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Does Competition Law disappoint football fans? 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ) – 30.05. – 01.06.2024

Does Competition Law disappoint football fans? 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ) – 30.05. – 01.06.2024

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Eckel, DKartJ 2024, 35-37 The Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ) met in Berlin just two weeks before the kickoff of the UEFA European Championships. The topic: “Sports, Arbitration and Competition Law”. Wolfgang Kirchhoff, the President of the AECLJ and also the president of the Cartel Chamber of Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH), raised a key question: „Does Competition Law disappoint football fans?“ Philipp Eckel reports from the 22nd Annual Meeting of the…

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Heike Schweitzer – in memoriam

Heike Schweitzer – in memoriam

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Haucap, DKartJ 2024, 33-34 In the early hours of June 11, 2024, Heike Schweitzer died far too early at the age of just 56. It is a shock for the German and European antitrust community. Justus Haucap remembers an important colleague and good friend. Heike Schweitzer was something like the German voice in European competition law. With her death, we have lost a thinker of great intellect and, for many, a friend. Heike will be…

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Much More Than a Market?

Much More Than a Market?

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Monti, DKartJ 2024, 14-18 Europe is preparing for the next Parliament, the next Commission – and all the challenges coming up these days. So, what is the European Union supposed to do, once the successors of Margrethe Vestager & Co. are sworn in? To be prepared, the institutions asked two Italian bigwigs for reports – the Council turned to Enrico Letta, the Commission to Mario Draghi. The Letta Report is now out, and D’Kart turned…

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DMA AI IKK

DMA AI IKK

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Podszun, DKartJ 2024, 7-13 The Digital Markets Act shows its teeth: The European Commission opened the first investigations for non-compliance against Apple, Alphabet and Meta. Rupprecht Podszun reports on the first 20 days of DMA razzle-dazzle. He also looks back at the Bundeskartellamt’s Berlin IKK conference and he has some news from his Chair that he wishes to share. Breathtaking If DMA enforcement keeps up its March-marching pace I voluntarily switch my interest to a…

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Don’t You (Forget About Me)

Don’t You (Forget About Me)

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Klumpe, DKartJ 2024, 4-6 Dr. Gerhard Klumpe, one of Germany’s best-known antitrust judges, discussed private antitrust enforcement in leading jurisdictions in Brussels. For our blog D’Kart, the presiding judge at Dortmund Regional Court describes his impressions of international trends in private enforcement. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – not only is this Simple Minds anthem familiar to anyone who grew up in the 1980s, it is also the defining music of the film The Breakfast…

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Antitrust Advent Calendar 2023

Antitrust Advent Calendar 2023

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This is the D’Kart Antitrust Advent Calendar 2023!  Every day in the run-up to Christmas we will open a new door for you with a question to answer. This is competition, you know, you have to perform! To help you with the answers, we generated pictures illustrating 24 key moments of the year. Since we are really cutting-edge here at Düsseldorf (and you do not expect anything less, we know) we used Artificial Intelligence to create the pictures. The magics of AI…

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