European competition law annual : 2008 antitrust settlements under EC competition law / edited by Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Mel Marquis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ehlermann, Claus-Dieter.

Marquis, Mel.

Series:

European Competition Law Annual

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--European Union countries.

Law.

Restraint of trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (798 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Hart Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the thirteenth in a series on EU Competition Law and Policy produced under the auspices of the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. The volume contains the written contributions of numerous competition policy experts, together with the transcripts of a roundtable debate which examined the subject of 'settlements' between enforcers of competition law and defendant companies in cartel cases and in other types of antitrust cases. The Workshop participants included:--senior judges from major jurisdictions (the European Union, Germany and the United States

Contents:

Prelims; Permanent Sponsors of the Annual EUI Competition Workshops; List of Participants; Contents; Table of Cases; Introduction; Session One: Principles and Objectives of Antitrust Settlements, Panel 1; 1 The Use of Settlements in Public Antitrust Enforcement: Objectives and Principles; 2 The Legal Framework Governing Negotiated Settlements/Plea Agreements in Cartel Cases in the United States; 3 Settlements in Cartel Cases; 4 Settlements in Antitrust Enforcement: A U.S. Economic Perspective; 5 A Political Science Approach: Restorative Justice and the "Fairness Critique"; Panel II

1 A Principled Approach to Settlements: A Few Open Issues2 Cartel Settlements in the U.S. and EU: Similarities, Differences and Remaining Questions; 3 Antitrust Settlements under EC Competition Law: The Point of View of the Defendants; 4 Negotiated Antitrust Settlements: Some Perspectives from U.S. Defendants; 5 Principles and Objectives of Formal and Informal Settlements in EU Competition Cases: The Claimant's Perspective; 6 Negotiated Antitrust Settlements: Some Perspectives from the Point of View of (Potential) Plaintiffs

7 Negotiated Settlements under EC Competition Law: A Judicial Perspective8 Antitrust Settlements in the United States; 9 Negotiated Settlements in EC Competition Law: The Perspective of the Legal Profession; 10 Implications of International Cartel Settlements for Private Rights of Action; Session Two - Panel III; 1 Plea Bargaining and the Enforcement of Competition Law Against Cartels in the United States; 2 Cartel Settlements in Criminal and Civil Proceedings: A Canadian Perspective; 3 EU Settlement Procedure: Public Enforcement Policy Perspective; Panel IV; 1 Panel Discussion

2 The French "Non-Contest Procedure": a Practitioner's Point of View3 Settlements in Cartel Cases: Practical Experience in Germany; 4 The Dutch Experience with Plea Bargaining/Direct Settlements; 5 Antitrust Settlements in the Netherlands: A Useful Source of Inspiration?; 6 The Emerging Settlements Regime in the UK: The Use of "Settlements" in Competition Act Cases; 7 Settling an Appropriate Policy: Reflections on OFT Work in Progress; Session Three - Panel V; 1 Commitment Decisions under Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003: The Developing EC Practice and Case Law

2 Commitment Decisions ex Regulation 1/2003: Procedure and EffectsSession Four - Lessons to be Drawn - Panel VI; 1 Panel Discussion; 2 Creating New Rules or Closing Easy Cases? Policy Consequences for Public Enforcement of Settlements under Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003; 3 Antitrust Settlements in the EU: Private Incentives and Enforcement Policy; 4 Impact of public enforcement on antitrust damages actions: Some Likely Effects of Settlements and Commitments on Private Actions for Damages; 5 The Interaction between Settlements and Private Litigation- An Economic Perspective; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [707]-723).

ISBN:

9786612659485

9781472560650

1472560655

9781282659483

1282659480

9781847315601

1847315607

OCLC:

651601672