The European Union’s top court rules that a national law which requires the consent of all parties before access to the file is given to third-party antitrust damages claimants is incompatible with EU law; a national court must be able to decide on disclosure weighing up the interests in doing so.
The European Commission has launched a Green Paper consultation on credit card, internet, and mobile payments with regard to card-fees and related matters of concern to the competition authorities.
Interested stakeholders have until 11 April 2012 in which to submit their views.