On April 3, 2015, after a public consultation launched last February 27, the French Competition Authority (the “Authority”) released its fourth version of the procedural notice on leniency proceedings (the “Procedural Notice”). The leniency program, which was enacted in 2001 in France, allows a company which provides information regarding a…
On April 1, 2015, the German Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett) approved a legislative package introducing broad restrictions on the…
Various countries and their compliance-enforcing agencies request that companies have “adequate” compliance programs and organizations. But what does…
European Union regulators plan to open a year-long extensive investigation into e-commerce as part of their efforts to remove online sales barriers and boost cross-border trade in the 28-nation bloc. – A move that may lead to antitrust actions against companies which deliberately block online sales. Online retailers face an…
The German competition authority (German Federal Cartel Office) issued a prohibition decision on 3 March 2015 regarding radius…
Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH v AOK Sachsen-Anhalt – Die Gesundheitskasse. Joined Cases C-503/13 and C-504/13 This is a…
On 12 February 2015, Advocate General (AG) Kokott published her non-binding opinion in a preliminary ruling referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the interpretation of the “article” concept under REACH Regulation (1907/2006/EC). The case was referred to the Court from the French Conseil d’État in early…
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out…
At today’s meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council (“FAC”), the EU reiterated its readiness to designate “spoilers of the…
On January 21, 2015, the German Government accepted the draft of a new law combatting corruption which aims at implementing international guidelines to combat international corruption. The new law would expand the prohibition of commercial bribery and tighten the provisions on bribery of foreign public officials. The draft law will…