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Cartel Intel: Updates From Our EMEA Network

This bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of recent cartel enforcement and competition law developments across key jurisdictions.

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Current Developments In Competition Law: Data Protection Rules Of Market Dominant Undertakings

Two national competition authorities, the French Autorité de la Concurrence and the German Bundeskartellamt, are dealing with Apple's App Tracking Transparency Framework ("ATTF").

Germany Anti-trust

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Taylor Wessing PartG mbB

Labour Markets Under Pressure: EU Antitrust Authorities Impose Fines For No-poach Agreements

No-poach agreements have come under scrutiny by the antitrust authorities: For the first time, the European Commission has imposed fines for cartel agreements in the labour market.

Germany Anti-trust

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Oppenhoff

FCO Tightens Grip On Cartels With Increasing Number Of Dawn Raids And Court Proceedings

The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) continues to be an active, sophisticated and efficient enforcement authority.

Germany Anti-trust

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Luther Luxembourg S.A.

EuGH präzisiert Voraussetzungen für Verbote des aktiven Verkaufs im Alleinvertrieb

Germany Anti-trust

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Oppenhoff

European Court Of Justice Reviews Directors' Liability For Cartel Fines

Germany Anti-trust

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Kinstellar

Fines For Unlawful Vertical Price Fixing: German Federal Cartel Office Takes Action Against Sennheiser And Sonova

Germany Anti-trust

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Oppenhoff

Cartels Comparative Guide

Germany Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Update Data Protection No. 150 - Meta Suffers Defeat Before The ECJ – National Competition Authority Can Find An Infringement Of The GDPR

Germany Privacy

HK

HEUKING

Germany Anti-trust

Blomstein

Association Recommendations In A Regulatory Context: French BPA Case Highlights Red Lines

European Union Anti-trust

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Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB

Digital Compliance: Antitrust Screening

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Oppenhoff

Antitrust Liability Traps In The "agency Model" – What To Watch Out For

Germany Anti-trust

OP

Oppenhoff

New Epoch In German Antitrust Law: Far-Reaching New Powers Of Intervention For The Federal Cartel Office

Germany Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright

Labor Law Elements In The Coalition Agreement

Germany Employment

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McDermott Will & Schulte

European Automotive Newsletter - December 2025

European Union Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

Cybersecurity Laws And Regulations EU Cybersecurity Regulatory Landscape: A Deep Dive Into The NIS2 Directive 2026

Germany Technology

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Are Company Directors Liable For Patent Infringements? (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

New German Product Liability Regime: Broader Scope, Potentially Higher Exposure

Germany Consumer

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

German Economist Sues OPEC As Illegal Cartel

Berlin-based professor of law and economics, Armin Steinbach, filed a lawsuit against OPEC in early November, accusing the organization of being an illegal cartel that is pushing up oil and heating prices.

Germany Anti-trust

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MoginRubin

German Federal Cartel Office Allows Cooperation Between Competitors In The Event Of A Gas Supply Emergency – Under Certain Conditions

Sugar producers want to provide each other with production capacity in the event of a gas supply cut and resulting production stoppage at affected factories.

Germany Anti-trust

OP

Oppenhoff

German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") Publishes "Self-Cleaning" Guidelines

On 25.11.2021, the FCO published its "self-cleaning" guidelines, specifying the conditions under which companies that have been found by a binding and final decision to have engaged...

Germany Anti-trust

BB

Bird & Bird

New Guidelines On The Setting Of Fines Published: Germany's Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") Adopts New Approach To Setting Fines, Accepting Compliance As A Mitigating Factor

The new Fining Guidelines are intended to put an end to such (extreme) discrepancies, which some have seen problematic even under German constitutional law.

Germany Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Zuckerbrot Und Peitsche

Germany Commercial

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Hogan Lovells

Even "Narrow" Best Price Clauses Are Not Narrow Enough

Germany Anti-trust

BB

Bird & Bird

German Federal Cartel Office Against Facebook: Now The European Court Of Justice Will Decide

Germany Privacy

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Bird & Bird

German, UK And Australian Competition Authorities Call For Rigorous Merger Enforcement

European Union Anti-trust

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Noerr

New German Antitrust Rules To Tackle Digital Markets

Germany Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

German Competition Law Gets Major Update: Higher Merger Control Thresholds And Tighter Rules For The Digital Economy

Germany Anti-trust

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POELLATH

Significant Changes For Small/Mid Cap M&A And Digital Players – Amendment Of German Act Against Restraints Of Competition In Force Now

Germany Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

New Antitrust Rules For The Digital Economy: German "Digitalization Act" Nears The Finish Line

Germany Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

French And German Competition Authorities: ‘Unclear If Algorithms Create A Need For New Competition Law Tools'

European Union Anti-trust

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Loyens & Loeff

Second Stage In Facebook File

Germany Anti-trust

EE

Erdem & Erdem Law

Significant Changes For Small/Mid Cap M&A And Digital Players – Amendment Of German Act Against Restraints Of Competition In Force Now

Yesterday, Germany's new competition law entered into force. It brings important changes in particular for M&A and Big Tech as well as cartel proceedings in Germany.

Germany Anti-trust

MB

Mayer Brown

New Antitrust Rules For The Digital Economy: German "Digitalization Act" Nears The Finish Line

Europe's first legislative proposal addressing the digital economy and related competition issues is one step closer to becoming a reality.

Germany Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

French And German Competition Authorities: ‘Unclear If Algorithms Create A Need For New Competition Law Tools'

In a joint publication released in November 2019, the competition authorities of France (Autorité de la Concurrence) and Germany (Bundeskartellamt) present the results ...

European Union Anti-trust

LL

Loyens & Loeff

Second Stage In Facebook File

The popular TV series, Dark, begins with an Einstein phrase: "The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

Germany Anti-trust

EE

Erdem & Erdem Law

„Killer Acquisitions" im Fokus der Kartellbehörden – Gefahr für innovative Start-ups?

Germany Anti-trust

AP

Arnold & Porter

Regional Court Of Stuttgart Rules In Favour Of Damages Claims Against Truck Manufacturer

In its recent judgment, the Regional Court of Stuttgart held that it could leave this question undecided.

Germany Anti-trust

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

German Federal Court Of Justice Annuls Judgments On Fine Calculation In Liquefied Gas Cartel Case

On appeal, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf increased the fines imposed on the companies involved in the infringement.

Germany Consumer

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

Germany's Federal Cartel Office Prohibits Facebook From Combining User Data From Different Sources

In its decision of 06.02.2019, Germany's Federal Cartel Office has imposed certain restrictions on Facebook in its processing of user data based on its data processing policy and has ordered the termination of its conduct in this respect.

Germany Privacy

EE

Erdem & Erdem Law

Facebook - Bundeskartellamt [German Federal Cartel Office] Prohibits The Processing Of User Data From Third Party Sources

In its decision from February 7, 2019, the Bundeskartellamt prohibited Facebook from the further processing of user data which it has generated from so-called third party sources.

Germany Media & IT

HK

HEUKING

Antitrust Damages Claims In Germany

Germany Anti-trust

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Orrick

German Federal Cartel Office Publishes Paper On Competition Restraints In Online Sales

European Union Anti-trust

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

OLG Frankfurt: Vertriebsverbot Für Luxuswaren Auf Amazon.De Ist Zulässig

Germany Anti-trust

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Fieldfisher

Regional Court Of Hanover Grants Cartel Damages Against MAN

European Union Anti-trust

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

Bundeskartellamt: Versand pauschaler Preiserhöhungsrundschreiben wettbewerbswidrig ("Signalling")

Germany Anti-trust

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Fieldfisher

BGH bestätigt Bundeskartellamt: ASICS darf Händlern nicht die Nutzung von Preisvergleichsmaschinen verbieten

Germany Litigation

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Fieldfisher

Kartellschadensregress Gegen Manager – Außer Spesen Nichts Gewesen

Germany Anti-trust

AP

Arnold & Porter

German FCO Launches Sector Inquiry Into Online Price Comparison Websites

Germany Consumer

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Eine Leitfigur lässt auf sich warten

Germany Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

Merger Control In Germany – Developments In The Last 12 Months

Germany Commercial

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Noerr

German Competition Authority Still One Of The Most Active Regulators In Europe

Germany Anti-trust

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Orrick

Das zentrale Wettbewerbsregister beim Bundeskartellamt

Germany Anti-trust

AP

Arnold & Porter

Important Amendments To The German Act Against Restraints Of Competition

European Union Anti-trust

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

Kartellschadensersatz für öffentliche Auftraggeber: EuGH entscheidet über Umfang der vergaberechtlichen Selbstreinigung

Germany Anti-trust

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Fieldfisher

Significant Competition Law Changes In Germany

Germany Anti-trust

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

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