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Cartel end-dates clarified by EU's top court

By Natalie McNelis
  • 14 Jan 2021 05:44
  • 14 Jan 2021 06:06

The date a final illegal contract was struck is the end date for a cartel, not the duration of the project, the EU's top court has clarified today.

The judgment (see here) sheds light on the limits of EU regulators' powers to prosecute cartels with effects that linger long after

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Natalie McNelis

Senior Correspondent


Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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