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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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Conference Debriefing (47): 60 years of the German Competition Lawyers Association

Conference Debriefing (47): 60 years of the German Competition Lawyers Association

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This year’s annual meeting of the Cartel Law Study Group in Bonn was special for three reasons: First, this association of lawyers celebrated its 60th anniversary. Second, the conference has been held at a time when competition and antitrust law are perhaps under pressure as never before. And third, the brilliant and sharp Prof. Dr. Thomas Lübbig was on-site to report for antitrust law blog D’Kart, accompanied by his valued colleague Geronimo Benedict. Here is their report from Bonn! Dieser…

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Tchibo vs. Aldi-Süd: Coffee Prices in Court

Tchibo vs. Aldi-Süd: Coffee Prices in Court

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May food retailers offer products below production cost? This question was discussed on Tuesday before the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht, OLG) Düsseldorf in the proceedings between Tchibo, a leading coffee company in Germany, and Aldi-Süd, one out of the group of four big food retailers in Germany. Klara Dresselhaus reports from the oral hearing. Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar! After the Regional Court (Landgericht, LG) Düsseldorf had dismissed the claim in the first instance, the legal dispute went…

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Einladung zum 8. Offenen Düsseldorfer Doktorandenseminar im Kartellrecht!

Einladung zum 8. Offenen Düsseldorfer Doktorandenseminar im Kartellrecht!

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Am 1. und 2. September 2025 bietet das Düsseldorfer Institut für Kartellrecht wieder allen Nachwuchsforscherinnen und -forschern im Kartellrecht und in der Wettbewerbsökonomie eine Oase: Das 8. Offene Düsseldorfer Doktorandenseminar im Kartellrecht steht an! Eingeladen sind dazu alle, die sich in ihren Dissertationen oder vergleichbaren Forschungsprojekten mit Wettbewerbsthemen befassen. Der Stand der Arbeit (von ganz frisch bis schon eingereicht) ist egal. Das Seminar findet (weitgehend) auf Deutsch statt. Für die 8. Ausgabe dieses Seminars stehen inzwischen auch die Säulen des…

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Knowledge-based limitation period and decisions of national competition authorities

Knowledge-based limitation period and decisions of national competition authorities

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In Heureka, the ECJ commented on the relationship between Commission decisions and knowledge triggering the limitation period and issued ‘guidelines’. In Nissan Iberia, the opportunity now has presented itself to continue this case law in the context of decisions by national competition authorities. This article analyses the opinion of Advocate General Medina. I. Introduction Just under a year ago, in the Heureka case, the ECJ further developed its case law on questions of limitation periods applicable to competition law damages…

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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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Wake Me Up When September Ends – Conferences Debriefing

Wake Me Up When September Ends – Conferences Debriefing

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PDF-Version: Hier klicken Zitiervorschlag: Drewes/Wondracek, DKartJ 2024, 59-62 Anders als Green Day hat die Kartellrechts-Community im September 2024 nicht geschlafen, im Gegenteil, es liegt ein äußerst ereignis- und konferenzreicher Monat hinter uns. Helena Drewes und Elisabeth Wondracek waren unterwegs und berichten von zwei Konferenzen in Wien und dem Deutschen Kartellrechtstag in Düsseldorf. Der September 2024 lieferte reichlich Stoff für Diskussionen auf den Bühnen diverser Konferenzen, darunter prominent die Urteile des EuGH in Illumina, Google Shopping und Irland/Kommission, die EuG-Entscheidung in…

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Conference Debriefing (40): Studienvereinigung Working Session 2023

Conference Debriefing (40): Studienvereinigung Working Session 2023

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PDF Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Weichbrodt, DKartJ 2023, 116-120 The annual conference of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht took place in Bonn on 7 December 2023. Once again this year, the focus was on the major and minor problems of competition law, on looking back and looking forward, but also on the love of the local press – and very specific tastes in the Bundeskartellamt. Johannes Weichbrodt reports. Traditions are as much a part of Christmas as the star on the fir tree….

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If I had a broadaxe….

If I had a broadaxe….

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Klumpe, DKartJ 2023, 89-91 In Düsseldorf, the association of competition lawyers called “Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht” held a meeting to discuss litigation on cartel damages. Dr. Gerhard Klumpe, one of the most prolific German antitrust judges, was on the panel. Here he gives his impressions of the evening. Say, a lawyer, a competition economist and a judge meet at a bar table… when a story begins like this, we are either in for a good laugh or –…

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Conference Debriefing (38): Professors go Kartellamt

Conference Debriefing (38): Professors go Kartellamt

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Podszun, DKartJ 2023, 76-81 What place does economics have in competition law – and especially in abuse of dominance cases? When this question is discussed in Germany, good entertainment is guaranteed. The Bundeskartellamt, the Federal Cartel Office, is not exactly notorious globally for its more economic approach. It invited the German-speaking antitrust world to the debate. The whole antitrust world? No, lawyers from law firms and companies were left out. But Rupprecht Podszun was there…

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