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Parent’s Liability: New Case Attributing Exclusive Jurisdiction to the General Court in Respect of Cases Raising Decisive Influence and Corporate Control Issues under EU Competition Law

 |  October 4, 2012

Antoine Winckler (Cleary) and Sophie Sahlin (Cleary) discuss Parent’s Liability: New Case Attributing Exclusive Jurisdiction to the General Court in Respect of Cases Raising Decisive Influence and Corporate Control Issues under EU Competition Law.

ABSTRACT: In most cases, the General Court has exclusive jurisdiction to decide whether sufficient evidence is provided to rebut a presumption of liability of parent companies in cases of competition law infringements by wholly owned subsidiaries.