Tag: competition damages
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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…