On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, the Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União, “TCU”) approved a new normative instruction regulating joint actions of the TCU and the Office of the Comptroller General of the...more
On January 17, 2017, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“Antitrust Division”) issued an update to its 2008 “Frequently Asked Questions about the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program and Model Leniency...more
SBM Offshore N.V. has reached a $340M settlement with both criminal and administrative prosecutors in Brazil to resolve allegations of bribery relating to the Petrobras scandal, the first deal of its kind in Brazil and a...more
On June 11, 2013, the European Commission (Commission) issued a widely anticipated series of proposals designed to advance private antitrust damage and collective actions in Europe. To accomplish this, the Commission issued...more
The European Union’s top court rules that a national law which requires the consent of all parties before access to the file is given to third-party antitrust damages claimants is incompatible with EU law; a national court...more
On 11 June, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its long-awaited package of proposals on private antitrust litigation. The package is divided into three sets: (1) a Draft Directive on actions for damages (2) a...more