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The new leading decision procedure in Germany’s Federal Court of Justice: Higher efficiency in handling mass proceedings?

The new leading decision procedure in Germany’s Federal Court of Justice: Higher efficiency in handling mass proceedings?

The “Act to introduce a Leading Decision Procedure at the Federal Court of Justice” (the Act) - “Gesetz zur Einführung eines Leitentscheidungsverfahrens beim Bundesgerichtshof (BGH)” (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I No. 328) allows the Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) to clarify relevant legal issues for a large number of similar cases.

Global | Publication | November 29, 2024


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Intel judgment - more than one way to skin a rebate?!

On 24 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the European Commission’s (the EC) 2009 decision, which imposed a (then record) €1.06 billion fine on Intel, was flawed as far as it found that loyalty rebates granted by Intel had anti-competitive effects.

Global | December 19, 2024

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The 2025 Dutch tax classification of the Brazilian FIP

The Dutch tax classification system for non-Dutch entities will undergo significant changes as of 1 January 2025.

Global | December 19, 2024

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Paying the Price: Court of Appeal holds debt still due when non-fulfilment of a condition precedent is caused by the buyer’s own breach

In King Crude Carriers SA & Ors v Ridgebury November LLC & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 719 the Court of Appeal held that the claimant sellers (the Sellers) were entitled to claim the deposits promised under sale contracts as a debt despite the defendant buyers’ (the Buyers) breach of contract, which had resulted in the non-fulfilment of a condition precedent to the payment of the deposits.

Global | December 18, 2024

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