Laura Stammwitz
Subscribe to Laura Stammwitz's PostsWith more than a decade of experience, Dr. Laura Stammwitz advises and represents companies on competition and regulatory law. She represents companies and individuals in dawn raids and antitrust investigations by competition authorities. Laura advises companies in complex merger control proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission and also in foreign direct investment control filings before the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action. She has extensive experience in providing compliance advice in both transactions and day-to-day business.Read Laura Stammwitz's full bio.
Labor Markets in the Focus of European Competition Law
By Laura Stammwitz and Nils Stock on Jul 25, 2024
Posted In Cartel Enforcement, EC Developments, EU Developments, Joint Ventures/Competitor Collaboration
In May 2024, the European Commission published a Competition Policy Brief classifying certain agreements related to labor markets as serious antitrust infringements. According to the Commission, so-called wage-fixing and no-poach agreements can only be justified in exceptional cases. The Brief follows the first unannounced inspections by the Commission concerning labor market agreements in Germany and...
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