Recent developments of interest to us are the high levels of fines, not just
in competition cases, but also for breaches of waste and other domestic regulations.
Our members are recognised leaders in their field, who consistently appear in the
leading competition cases in both the European and domestic courts.
The role of «public interest» in merger control, as well as
other competition cases, continues to stimulate debate worldwide as well as in other African countries.
The current trend has been to look
at competition cases on the basis that they are concerned with economic issues.
I have found that there is a surprising amount of scope for the art of persuasion
in competition cases.
Represented shipping company in unfair
competition case involving restrictive covenants and misappropriation of trade secrets, resulting in recovery of client's trade secrets and protection from unlawful use.
Brian also represents companies in
competition cases before national competition authorities including in the UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic and Ireland.
He has acted in a number of the
major competition cases of the last few years, including Streetmap v Google [2016] EWHC 253 (Ch) in which he represented Google in its successful defence to an abuse of dominance claim brought by the online map provider, Streetmap.
As a business litigator, David has quarterbacked and tried numerous antitrust and business
competition cases for domestic and multinational companies in sectors such as Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Financial and Advisory Services.
The High Court of Kenya handed down judgment on the
first competition case in Kenya, in the matter between Mea Limited and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK), this year.
Vestager, arguably the most powerful official in the EU due to her individual power to rule
on competition cases across the 28 - nation bloc, makes no secret of her reliance on others at times to provide the evidence that can justify her inquiries.
that the ACCC will be taking
more competition cases in future and highlights the ACCC's recent involvement in merger activity (including the flurry of merger announcements in the past couple of days).
This is because in Ireland the size of the market is relatively small but the costs of a
full competition case, with the requirement of expert evidence and a great deal of factual information poses significant challenges.
He has built a distinctly diverse practise, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in cutting
edge competition cases and class actions, as well as all manner of business disputes, including corporate, contract, securities, fraud and malfeasance, real estate, and international litigation.
She has featured in numerous ground -
breaking competition cases over the years such as Courage v Crehan, the Construction Bid - rigging Appeals, MasterCard and the Air Cargo Appeals.
The lawyers of our practice have been involved in all of the
biggest competition cases in Finland — covering the infringement and / or the damages aspects, including e.g. several of the largest cartel cases and the largest ever abuse of dominance case.
CEF & Ors — v - Mundey & Ors [2012] EWHC 1524 (QB); [2012] FSR 35 Simon acted for 11 of the employee defendants in setting aside orders obtained on short notice for material non-disclosure in an alleged
unlawful competition case.
Koen Lenaerts elected President of the ECJ — His track record in
competition cases Chillin «Competition
My first
EU competition case came during this programme, when I was asked by an Australian swimwear manufacturer to assist in setting up a distribution network in Europe.
National courts in the EU face three kinds of challenge in dealing with competition law: - the factual and often legal complexity of many cases — the need to understand often detailed economic and other evidence is routine in
most competition cases; - an official policy of encouraging more claimants to come forward and assert their rights; and - the «astonishing diversity» of procedures across the EU for enforcing competition law claims.
Unfair
competition cases rarely settle because the parties have spent years hating each other and one party is convinced the other is acting unlawfully and stealing customers.
During pupillage, Zac gained extensive experience on
leading competition cases, including Sky v Ofcom [2015] CAT 9 (assisting David Scannell) and Speed Medical Examination Services v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 3585, a judicial review challenging reforms to the process for handling soft tissue whiplash claims on the basis (inter alia) that they gave rise to breaches of competition law (assisting Gerard Rothschild).
Sangeeta has handled numerous patent, trade secret, trademark and unfair
competition cases involving parties in the chemical, software, automotive and metallurgical industries on such matters as injection molded polyethylene terephthalate bottles, polymer reinforcements, magnetic storage devices, emission testing equipment, touch controlled switching circuits, compression molded doors, chemical vapor deposition processes and cutting tools.
Represented corporate client in the prosecution of a trade secret and
unfair competition case and obtained a preliminary injunction which required immediate turnover of misappropriated data, a prohibition on doing business with customers through the use of client's confidential data, and requiring the defendants to cooperate in correcting misleading statements which implied the defendants were a continuation of, or affiliated with client's business.
The Constitutionality of Federal Intervention in the Marketplace:
The Competition Case, Howe Research Institute Commentary 7, by S.G.M. Grange.
Whether acting in
a competition case, a challenge to telecommunications regulation, a corporate tax dispute or an important matter of civil liberties, Monckton is able to offer a range of market leading practitioners, at all levels of seniority, dedicated to assisting clients, whether individuals, regulatory bodies or companies, to ensure that their rights are upheld and their interests protected.
Competition cases are often particularly risky:
But
all competition cases are attractive given the high value of the claims.
In addition to his practice, Dany has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Western Ontario and has written and presented extensively on competition and foreign investment topics, including in leading newspapers, publications and co-authoring Competition and Antitrust Law: Canada and The United States (4th edition) for LexisNexis Butterworths (2014), which was recently cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in a leading
competition case (a case he also advised on).
Therium funds across a wide range of cases including for group actions, intellectual property disputes, anti-trust /
competition cases and in international arbitration, and in industry sectors such as financial services, technology, energy and natural resources.
For example, competition law judges in the Queen's Bench Division (QBD) can not easily sit on
a competition case in the Chancery Division.
He has also given expert testimony in various civil litigation (damages), international arbitration cases, and
competition cases in non-EU jurisdictions (Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Israel, Jamaica, South Africa and Turkey).
We counsel clients in internal and governmental investigations, defend white collar criminal issues, represent clients in antitrust and
competition cases, and assist clients seeking to protect their patent, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property rights.
Obtained judgment and award of attorneys» fees in favor of national supplier of hotel and hospitality products in Lanham Act false advertising and unfair
competition case.
Sources note that she is particularly strong in
competition cases in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.»
Another tool which could be used much more widely in
competition cases is the use of «teach - ins» at which an independent expert spends time (perhaps a couple of days) educating the judge on the basic economic concepts relevant to the case.