Tag: cartel damages
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Strength in Numbers? Aggregating Competition Claims in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK (Efficiency in Competition Litigation, Part 1)
This is the opening piece of a short series examining how three European jurisdictions seek to resolve large competition claims efficiently. Private enforcement of competition law in Europe has grown into an established field of litigation, where mass proceedings are routinely brought and resolved. Claims initiated by or on behalf of sometimes thousands of victims,…
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Group Actions get final Blessing in Germany: Assignments valid for Cartel Claims (except if…)
Germany has become a key jurisdiction for cartel damages claims, despite the absence of an opt-out regime. The market has developed ways to bundle claims through an assignment structure. Germany’s highest civil court has now confirmed the viability of this model for antitrust cases and has set out the structural framework for large-scale assignment model…
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Power Cables and Cardboard Packaging: Sumal confirmed and refined
On 16 April 2026 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in the joined cases C-672/23 Electricity & Water Authority of the Government of Bahrain and Others (Power Cables) and C-673/23 Smurfit Kappa Europe and Others (Cardboard Packaging). The ruling further clarifies the interaction between the Sumal doctrine and Article 8(1) Brussel I bis Regulation in the context of competition damages claims. The judgment addresses…