604 results ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel. Stibbe advises Macquarie and Siemens Stibbe advised Macquarie in connection with their winning bid for the tender of the design, build, financing and maintenance (DBFM) of the A9 Badhoevedorp/Holendrecht Project. Tackling Big Tech up-front? Time to stop thinking and start acting Benelux competition authorities have published a joint memorandum on how best to keep up with challenges in fast-moving digital markets. Safeguarding legal privilege: better safe than sorry? The European Court of Justice recently ruled that the European Commission does not have to take additional precautionary measures to respect the right of legal professional privilege when conducting a new dawn raid at the same company. Stibbe advises Tiqets Stibbe advised Tiqets on its Series C financing of $60 million led by Airbnb with continued support from prior lead investors HPE Growth Capital and Investion. The ACM has to pay: moral damages awarded to real estate traders The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) needs to cough up a total of EUR 120,000 in moral damages to three real estate traders. It's in the details: HSBC fine quashed for insufficient reasoning The General Court annulled the EUR 33.6 million fine imposed on banking group HSBC for its participation in the euro interest rates derivatives cartel. The postman will no longer ring twice: Minister unblocks postal merger The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently blocked postal operator PostNL's acquisition of its only national competitor, Sandd, because this would create "a monopolist on the postal delivery market". Margrethe Vestager to play matchmaker between enforcement and regulation Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission. Big tech firms entering banking: be careful what you wish for Big tech firms, whether entering or already active on payments markets, are under scrutiny. PSD2 has opened up the payments markets to non-bank companies, but this comes with both risks and opportunities. Walking a thin line: cooperation and collusion Buying groups are under attack from competition authorities across Europe. Court of Appeal applies competition notion of undertaking in civil damages claim The Court of Appeal of Arnhem – Leeuwarden recently applied the competition law notion of an 'undertaking' in a civil damages suit between TenneT and an entity belonging to the Alstom group of companies. Het gebruik van een onderhandelingsprocedure zonder voorafgaande bekendmaking voor sociale en andere specifieke diensten Onder de vorige Richtlijn Overheidsopdrachten werden bepaalde diensten – zgn. B-diensten – uitgesloten van de toepassing van de meeste bepalingen van deze richtlijn. Stibbe advises Eneco Stibbe is advising Eneco on the sale of all shares in Eneco to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for a total equity value of EUR 4.1 billion. Stibbe advises the Belgian Buildings Agency Stibbe advised the Belgian Buildings Agency on the financial close of the Dendermonde Prison project. Kroniek van het Europese Aanbestedingsrecht De kroniek van het Europese aanbestedingsrecht in het Tijdschrift voor Bouwrecht vat een aantal belangrijke uitspraken samen van het Europese Hof van Justitie (Hof) op het gebied van het aanbestedingsrecht. De Amsterdamse milieuzone voor brom- en snorfietsen Deze blog is het vierde deel in een reeks Stibbeblogs over gemeentelijke milieuzones. In 2017 oordeelde de Afdeling over de milieuzone voor personen- en bestelauto’s met dieselmotoren in Utrecht. Topsalarissen mogen (ook) niet via aanbestedingsvoorwaarden worden aangepakt De Commissie van Aanbestedingsexperts heeft in een advies van 28 juli 2017 geoordeeld dat het aanbestedingsrecht niet toestaat om te korten op de vergoeding wegens de overschrijding van het bezoldigingsmaximum van de WNT. Pagination Previous page Page 26 Current page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Next page
ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel.
Stibbe advises Macquarie and Siemens Stibbe advised Macquarie in connection with their winning bid for the tender of the design, build, financing and maintenance (DBFM) of the A9 Badhoevedorp/Holendrecht Project.
Tackling Big Tech up-front? Time to stop thinking and start acting Benelux competition authorities have published a joint memorandum on how best to keep up with challenges in fast-moving digital markets.
Safeguarding legal privilege: better safe than sorry? The European Court of Justice recently ruled that the European Commission does not have to take additional precautionary measures to respect the right of legal professional privilege when conducting a new dawn raid at the same company.
Stibbe advises Tiqets Stibbe advised Tiqets on its Series C financing of $60 million led by Airbnb with continued support from prior lead investors HPE Growth Capital and Investion.
The ACM has to pay: moral damages awarded to real estate traders The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) needs to cough up a total of EUR 120,000 in moral damages to three real estate traders.
It's in the details: HSBC fine quashed for insufficient reasoning The General Court annulled the EUR 33.6 million fine imposed on banking group HSBC for its participation in the euro interest rates derivatives cartel.
The postman will no longer ring twice: Minister unblocks postal merger The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently blocked postal operator PostNL's acquisition of its only national competitor, Sandd, because this would create "a monopolist on the postal delivery market".
Margrethe Vestager to play matchmaker between enforcement and regulation Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission.
Big tech firms entering banking: be careful what you wish for Big tech firms, whether entering or already active on payments markets, are under scrutiny. PSD2 has opened up the payments markets to non-bank companies, but this comes with both risks and opportunities.
Walking a thin line: cooperation and collusion Buying groups are under attack from competition authorities across Europe.
Court of Appeal applies competition notion of undertaking in civil damages claim The Court of Appeal of Arnhem – Leeuwarden recently applied the competition law notion of an 'undertaking' in a civil damages suit between TenneT and an entity belonging to the Alstom group of companies.
Het gebruik van een onderhandelingsprocedure zonder voorafgaande bekendmaking voor sociale en andere specifieke diensten Onder de vorige Richtlijn Overheidsopdrachten werden bepaalde diensten – zgn. B-diensten – uitgesloten van de toepassing van de meeste bepalingen van deze richtlijn.
Stibbe advises Eneco Stibbe is advising Eneco on the sale of all shares in Eneco to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for a total equity value of EUR 4.1 billion.
Stibbe advises the Belgian Buildings Agency Stibbe advised the Belgian Buildings Agency on the financial close of the Dendermonde Prison project.
Kroniek van het Europese Aanbestedingsrecht De kroniek van het Europese aanbestedingsrecht in het Tijdschrift voor Bouwrecht vat een aantal belangrijke uitspraken samen van het Europese Hof van Justitie (Hof) op het gebied van het aanbestedingsrecht.
De Amsterdamse milieuzone voor brom- en snorfietsen Deze blog is het vierde deel in een reeks Stibbeblogs over gemeentelijke milieuzones. In 2017 oordeelde de Afdeling over de milieuzone voor personen- en bestelauto’s met dieselmotoren in Utrecht.
Topsalarissen mogen (ook) niet via aanbestedingsvoorwaarden worden aangepakt De Commissie van Aanbestedingsexperts heeft in een advies van 28 juli 2017 geoordeeld dat het aanbestedingsrecht niet toestaat om te korten op de vergoeding wegens de overschrijding van het bezoldigingsmaximum van de WNT.