The saw on the Legal Services Act
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…