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Knowledge-based limitation period and decisions of national competition authorities

Knowledge-based limitation period and decisions of national competition authorities

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

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

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

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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Don’t You (Forget About Me)

Don’t You (Forget About Me)

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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If I had a broadaxe….

If I had a broadaxe….

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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Dirty laundry in the working group – cleaning instructions from the Federal Court of Justice to the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court

Dirty laundry in the working group – cleaning instructions from the Federal Court of Justice to the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court

PDF Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Heuer/Woeste, DKartJ 2023, 3-5 Shortly before Christmas, the Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) passed judgement on the follow-on lawsuit regarding the so-called “drugstore products cartel”. It had been eagerly awaited not only by the antitrust world but also by the creditors of the insolvent drugstore chain Anton Schlecker e.K. In the ruling, the FCJ expressly clarifies that in the event of an anti-competitive information exchange on price behavior, there is a factual presumption that…

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Conference Debriefing (33): Das C-L-F in Düsseldorf

Conference Debriefing (33): Das C-L-F in Düsseldorf

Stehen öffentliche und private Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung zueinander in einem Spannungsverhältnis und falls ja, wie lässt sich dieses auflösen? Das war die Fragestellung, zu der das Competition Litigation Forum e.V. gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Kartellrecht unter dem Rubrum „Kronzeugenprogramm ./. Private Enforcement“ in die Hauptstadt des Kartellrechts nach Düsseldorf ins Haus der Universität einlud. Severin Stratmann berichtet. Zwei Protagonisten Als Protagonisten traten in dem, mit über 80 Personen gut gefüllten, großen Saal der Präsident des Bundeskartellamts Andreas Mundt und Prof. Dr. Christian Kersting von der Universität Düsseldorf auf…

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“Cartel damages proceedings run too long in Germany!”

“Cartel damages proceedings run too long in Germany!”

Those who follow cartel damages proceedings in German courts are sometimes stunned: Do these proceedings really have to take so long? Does every detail really have to be questioned in such a way? Prof. Dr. Johannes Heyers says: Things are being artificially complicated here – with first instance courts and the legal profession taking a fair share of blame. A wake-up call. The plea that antitrust damages proceedings “run too long in Germany” (as Tilman Makatsch rightly put it in…

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AGENDA 2025: Reform of Cartel Damages Law

AGENDA 2025: Reform of Cartel Damages Law

This article is part of the D’Kart Spotlights: AGENDA 2025, in which experts from academia and practice comment on aspects of the Competition Policy Agenda presented by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The contributions already published can be found here. Cartel Damages Law is also part of the agenda of the BMWK. Christian Kersting takes this opportunity to adress the issues of the Antitrust Damages Directive. The Competition Policy Agenda of the Federal Ministry for Economic…

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Vermutung von 20 % Kartellpreisaufschlag – Rumänien verleiht der privaten Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung Biss!

Vermutung von 20 % Kartellpreisaufschlag – Rumänien verleiht der privaten Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung Biss!

Der Ruf nach Beweiserleichterungen bei der Bezifferung des kartellbedingten Schadens wird nicht nur in Deutschland immer lauter. Zuletzt wurde in unserem Blog über die folgenreiche Entscheidung des LG Dortmunds berichtet. In anderen Ländern ist der Gesetzgeber schon aktiv geworden. Dr. Gerhard Klumpe berichtet über aktuelle Entwicklungen aus Rumänien. Der schwierigste Aspekt eines Kartellschadensersatzanspruchs ist in der Praxis zweifellos die Feststellung des kartellbedingten Schadens, regelmäßig unterteilt in die Frage nach dem „Ob“ des Schadens einerseits und der konkreten Höhe des Schadens…

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