Germany continues to be one of the hot spots for competition law. The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) is one of the most active competition authorities. In addition, a lot of damage claims are ongoing in Germany, the most prominent being the Truck cases. This trend for damage proceedings in Germany is further enhanced by the 9th amendment to the German Act Against Restraints on Competition (ARC), which came into force on 9 June 2017.
To read more, please follow the link to the article by Dr. Petra Linsmeier and Dr. Matthias Karl.
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