Sentences with phrase «leniency application»

On the other hand, there has been a more recent reduction in the number of cartels ongoing at the time of a first leniency application.

Our lawyers have also been involved in many cases which have been the first of their kind: They have, for example, submitted the first - ever leniency application in Finland (obtaining immunity from fines for the client); represented clients in the first - ever oral hearing of the Supreme Administrative Court in a competition case; and been lead counsel in precedent - setting, landmark (and the largest) competition damages cases — the first major cartel damages cases in which court rulings have been rendered.

Our Competition Disputes practice is integrated within our Competition, Regulation and Trade team and the wider Dispute Resolution team, providing clients with a seamless service taking a cartel case, for example, from leniency application to dawn raid to appeal to damages action, and managing the interplay between public and private enforcement.

Accordingly, companies making an immunity or leniency application and / or facing a competition authority investigation need advisers who can not only effectively advise on the global risks and benefits of making an immunity or leniency application, and defend the investigation, but also prepare the company for any subsequent litigation and how to manage the process strategically from start to finish.

Thus far most of the relevant cases (Pfleiderer, Donau Chemie, Energie Baden - Württemberg) have dealt with questions concerning access to the file in general and access to leniency applications and related documents in particular.

She has a depth of experience in co-ordinating the defence of antitrust investigations across multiple jurisdictions, including in advising on dawn raids and leniency applications.

In light of the tremendous demand that immunity and leniency applications impose on Competition Bureau resources, the Bureau has been carefully scrutinizing such applications and insisting on strict compliance with designated timelines and information production requirements.

Brazil's Council for Economic Defense is expected to post substantial fines in 2017 following reports of a heavy on - going case - load, which includes 30 active investigations linked to Operation Car Wash, the investigation and prosecution of corruption and collusion in Petrobras contracting, and an anticipated 300 % increase in leniency applications in 2016 compared to 2015.

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Since the decision in R v. George, the OFT guidance «Applications for leniency and no - action in cartel cases» (the 2013 Leniency Guidance), now adopted by the CMA, has changed and no longer requires waiver of privilege as an element of co-opleniency and no - action in cartel cases» (the 2013 Leniency Guidance), now adopted by the CMA, has changed and no longer requires waiver of privilege as an element of co-opLeniency Guidance), now adopted by the CMA, has changed and no longer requires waiver of privilege as an element of co-operation.

The Americans invented the immunity programs when the U.S. Department of Justice («DOJ») Corporate Leniency Program was introduced in 1978, but it was not until it was reformed in 1993 that a significant number of immunity applications were received.

In the civil context, the OFT states at para 3.6 of The Cartel Offence — Guidance on the Issue of No - action Letters for Individuals (OFT 513) that where an undertaking has been granted full civil leniency, ie 100 % reduction in fine, by the OFT in relation to enforcement of the CA 1998 or by the European Commission in relation to proceedings under Art 81 of the EC Treaty, it will normally be prepared to issue no - action letters to any employees, directors, ex-employees or ex-directors named in an application for no - action letters made by that undertaking on behalf of those named individuals, provided the usual conditions for the grant of a no - action letter are fulfilled.