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In a recent judgment, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to, inter alia, clarify whether and under what conditions large numbers of c...

In economically challenging times, an increasing number of companies across sectors and industries appear to view greater consolidation as a response to mounting pressures. At the same time, calls for the creation of “European Champions” are growing louder once again. In this post, I explore to what extent European competition policy has already responded – or is like...

For decades, competition law has been guided by a simple idea: Collusion requires contact. Firms need to communicate, coordinate, or at least signal to each other in some identifiable way. Agreements might be explicit or tacit – but they always assume interaction between the companies themselves. The Danish Dinero case suggests that this premise is starting to break d...

Old synthetic turf recycling may not seem like gripping reading at first glance. But the European Commission’s latest Statements of Objections to several companies in the synthetic turf sector prove otherwise. Behind this lie two pressing antitrust questions: When does sustainability cooperation cross the line into anticompetitive coordination, and when do mere talks ...

The EU Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/720, also known as the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER), is intended to provide legal certainty. In principle, companies engaged in ver...