Investors and Consumers

A small point, but one worth repeating. Competition law works to benefit society, not necessarily investors in individual companies. This story may be apocryphal but I heard of a headline in an – investor focussed – newspaper, after an air crash that...

The Damages Directive, Donau and Pfleiderer

The final text of the Council and Parliament Damages Directive protects corporate leniency statements and settlement submissions. There are two small caveats. First, national judges have the right to verify that corporate leniency statements are in fact that, and are...