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ANTITRUST LITIGATION
As of mid-2018, the Damages Directive
(Directive) has been incorporated across
all European Union (EU) Member States.
The European Commission (EC) has closed
its previous probes against Member States
for failing to implement the Directive by
the original December 27, 2016 deadline,
but is continuing to assess whether certain
transposing national laws are sufficient. In the
meantime, a multitude of claims have been
and continue to be brought across the EU.
The extent to which this trend will continue
or whether the landscape of EU antitrust
litigation will change is yet to be seen.
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EU ANTITRUST
LITIGATION
A N U P DAT E
BY GEERT GOETEYN AND RUBA NOORALI
