As of August 1, 2016, U.S. companies can now self-certify compliance to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield to the U.S. Department of Commerce
the Federal Ministry of Economics proposed a far reaching change to German merger notification thresholds making it one of the few jurisdictions worldwide that take jurisdiction based on the size of the transaction, no matter how trivial the sales of the target are in Germany
In VM Remonts, the EU Court of Justice ruled for the first time on whether a company can be liable for competition law infringements that resulted from the actions of a third party service provider that was not an agent of the company and was taking initiatives that clearly exceeded the tasks assigned to it.
Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme launched Licence to bribe? Reducing corruption risks around the use of agents in defence procurement, a continuation of its longstanding efforts to combat corruption in the defense industry
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court rendered a leading decision regarding the significance of anti-competitive agreements under Swiss law
The Dutch Supreme Court referred questions for a preliminary ruling to the European Court of Justice, asking whether certain elements of the Dutch fiscal unity regime should also be available to Dutch resident companies with a 95% or more EU resident parent, subsidiary or sister company which can not be part of a Dutch fiscal unity due to the geographical restrictions of the fiscal unity regime.
This second DPA offers another helpful insight into the approach of the SFO and the judiciary to this developing and important area of criminal enforcement.
For the first time, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has applied the rules governing applications for the Fast Track Procedure, setting out helpful guidance as to the way in which it will approach such applications in future.
On 21 June 2016, the European Council unanimously agreed on a package of anti-tax avoidance measures.
The High Court of England and Wales has struck out a claim for damages brought by Japanese computer monitor makers against a group of cartelists involved in the cathode-ray tube and cathode-ray tube glass cartels