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- Title
THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN: EUROPEAN COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS PROMPT U.S. ANTITRUST CLASS ACTION.
- Authors
Kraus, Eric; Aurora, Jennifer
- Abstract
The article reports on a recent spate of U.S. anti-trust class actions based on European Commission investigations. A background of the European Commission is provided. It mentions that European Commission investigations have proven to be fertile ground to class action plaintiffs' lawyers, who have filed a new wave of antitrust class actions in the United States asserting antitrust violations based substantially on the existence of the European investigations themselves. It appears that companies subject to a class action filed in the U.S. have a first line of defense when the class action is filed shortly after allegations by the European Commission of anticompetitive conduct are made public.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EUROPEAN Commission; ANTITRUST law; CLASS actions; PUBLIC interest law; ANTITRUST violations; TRADE regulation; COMPLEX litigation; LAW
- Publication
Defense Counsel Journal, 2008, Vol 75, Issue 3, p272
- ISSN
0895-0016
- Publication type
Article