Private Litigation Guide - Third Edition

Private competition litigation has spread across the globe, raising specific, complex questions in each jurisdiction. The implementation of the EU Damages Directive in the Member States has furthered the ability of victims of anticompetitive conduct to seek compensation, even as US courts tighten the standards for forming a class action.

The Private Litigation Guide – published by Global Competition Review – explores in depth key themes such as territoriality, causation and proof of damages that are common to competition litigation around the world with jurisdictional overviews and Q&As. Beyond the established sites such as the US, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK, experts lay out the scene for competition litigation in countries such as Austria, China and Japan.

As the editors of this publication note, ‘litigating antitrust or competition claims has become a global matter, requiring coordination among jurisdictions, and requiring counsel and clients to understand the rules and procedures in many different countries and how the approaches of courts differ as to key issues.’

Contents:

• Introduction

Part 1: Key Issues

• Territorial Considerations: the EU and UK Perspective
• Collective or Class Actions and Claims Aggregation in the United States
• Collective or Class Actions and Claims Aggregation in the EU: the Claimant’s Perspective
  
• Collective or Class Actions and Claims Aggregation in Germany
  
• Collective or Class Actions and Claims Aggregation in the Netherlands
  
• Collective or Class Actions and Claims Aggregation in Spain
  
• Collective or Class Actions and Claims Aggregation in the United Kingdom
  
• US Monopolisation Cases
• Proving the Fix: Damages
• Brexit and its Impact on Competition Litigation in the 

Part 2: Overviews

• Austria Q&A
• China Overview
• England and Wales Q&A
• Germany Q&A
• Japan Overview
• Netherlands Q&A
• Portugal Q&A
• Spain Q&A
• Sweden Q&A
• United States Q&A