EU and Competition Law
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Tom Verdonk co-edited ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’
Tom Verdonk has co-edited the book ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’, recently published by Larcier-Intersentia.
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First application of Towercast in Belgium and merger filing exemption for certain hospital merger
The Belgian Competition Authority has applied the Towercast case law in a first case in Belgium. It could possibly try do so again for certain hospital mergers that the legislator has recently exempted from merger filing in Belgium.
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The ECJ’s ruling in Servier: Never Settle For Less
Patent settlement agreements between originator pharmaceutical companies and generics manufacturers are a risky business. Originator medicine company Servier and five generic companies rolled the dice and the ECJ largely confirmed their antitrust fines.
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Mayday, Mayday: Pay day!
The Commission’s fight to avoid paying interest to Deutsche Telekom is over. The ECJ upheld the right of companies to receive interest on unduly collected antitrust fines, carrying a hefty price tag for the Commission.