Specialty Group: Competition and Antitrust

Contact: Dieter Hauck and Esther Sowka-Hold; Preslmayr Attorneys at Law (Austria) Introduction During the first quarter of 2014 the Federal Competition Authority (FCA) increased its investigations into the food reta ...

Contact: Dieter Hauck and Esther Sowka-Hold; Preslmayr Attorneys at Law (Austria) On November 26 2013 the Supreme Court (acting as the Higher Cartel Court) ruled once again on the investigatory powers of the Federal ...

Contact: Dieter Hauck and Esther Sowka-Hold; Preslmayr Rechtsanwälte (Austria) Facts On December 2 2013 the Supreme Court (acting as the Higher Cartel Court) issued its decision in a case concerning a tender proced ...

Contact: Preslmayr Rechtsanwälte (Austria) In December 2011 the Supreme Court referred a question to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding whether an error on the legality of actions based on advice f ...