The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) advocate general Jan Mazak has urged the court to dismiss the appeal brought by AstraZeneca against a €60 million fine imposed by the European Commission and upheld by the EU General Court.

The European Court of Justice has rejected an appeal from recycling company Tomra requesting the dismissal of a European Commission fine for abuse of dominance.

The EU General Court has ruled that the European Commission can order Slovak Telekom to disclose information predating Slovakia’s accession to the EU in its abuse of dominance investigation of the company.

The EU General Court has reduced fines imposed by the European Commission on UPM-Kymmene Oyj and FLSmidth for colluding to fix the price of industrial plastic bags, but it rejected other claims by the companies.

The Czech Republic’s Office for the Protection of Competition is within its rights to impose cartel fines totalling more than €37 million on electrical goods manufacturers for fixing the price of gas-insulated switchgears on top of penalties from the European Commission, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.

The EU General Court today upheld a decision by the European Commission to investigate whether an agreement between two of Hungary’s energy companies constitutes illegal state aid despite having been signed before the country’s entry into the European Union.

The European Commission today announced it has opened an investigation of Samsung Electronics, over concerns the mobile company has distorted competition and abused its dominance by breaking patent licensing commitments.

Bonn’s district court has denied Pfleiderer access to key leniency documents from a cartel investigation by Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO), reigniting the debate over whether victims of cartels should be entitled to access confidential information to strengthen their case.

The European Commission yesterday referred Bulgaria to the European Court of Justice, for allegedly failing to implement legislation designed to boost competition in the railway sector.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld fines against cartelists in the copper industry imposed by the European Commission.

Stockholm City Court has fined telecoms company Telia Sonera 144 million krone (€16million) for abusing its dominant position by squeezing its competitors’ margins.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has reduced a €9 million fine imposed by the European Commission on three companies in the Quinn Group for their roles in a cartel in the acrylic glass sector.

“This is a concept that is new, unnecessary and a source of serious legal issues. The current situation is plainly incompatible with the new legal order,” said Eric Morgan de Rivery of Jones Day at GCR’s Law Leaders Conference in Brussels today. Gareth Corfield in Brussels

The European Court of Justice has overturned a €23 million fine against the world’s largest producer of soda ash.

A decision by cosmetics company Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique to ban online sales of its products amounts to a restriction on competition by object, the European Court of Justice said today in a preliminary ruling.