Richard Burton

Oct 3, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Steve Ross |Richard Burton |Jeffrey Tassey

On 4 October 2024, the Spanish Competition Authority (“SCA”) adopted a decision imposing a € 2.43 million fine on the General Council of Court Attorneys (“CGPE”) for two unlawful practices which were found to infringe Article 101 TFEU and its national equivalent. The CGPE is a public association that represents all Spanish court attorneys at national level. It operates an online auction platform, which regional councils use in extra-judicial auctions (Spanish law provides for extrajudicial au...

Oct 1, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Steve Ross |Richard Burton |Elizabeth Lucas Richmond

On 2 October 2024, the General Court dismissed an appeal against a Commission decision re-imposing fines on telecommunication companies Pharol (formerly Portugal Telecom) and Telefónica for concluding a noncompete agreement.

Oct 1, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Steve Ross |Richard Burton |Arian Birth

On 2 October 2024, the General Court dismissed the actions for annulment brought by Crown Holdings (“Crown”) and Silgan Holdings (“Silgan”) (the “Applicants”) against a settlement decision adopted by the European Commission (“Commission”), which found that they had illegally exchanged sensitive business information and coordinated commercial strategies in relation to metal cans and closures in Germany (Cases T-587/22, Crown Holdings and T-589/22, Silgan Holdings).

Oct 1, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Steve Ross |Richard Burton |Elizabeth Lucas Richmond

On 2 October 2024, the General Court dismissed an appeal against a Commission decision re-imposing fines on telecommunication companies Pharol (formerly Portugal Telecom) and Telefónica for concluding a noncompete agreement.

Jul 28, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Steve Ross |Richard Burton |Mitko Vasilev

On 29 July 2024, the European Court of Justice of the EU (“ECJ”) issued a preliminary ruling in a case referred to by the Portuguese Competition, Regulation and Supervision Court (the “referring court”) on whether a stand-alone exchange of commercial information between competing banks could constitute a restriction of competition by object infringing Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”) (Case C-298/22 (Banco BPN v BIC Português and Others).