Dr. Annette Mutschler-Siebert on Corporate Counsel

No-Poach Agreements Receive Their Marching Orders in the US and Europe: Do's and Don'ts for HR Departments

Labor Market Meets Competition Law - In a labor market where companies are competing to attract and retain talent, the rising shortage of highly-skilled employees, high mobility, and high salary demands in certain market...more

4/20/2023 / Competition , Corporate Counsel , Department of Justice (DOJ) , EU , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Human Resources Professionals , No-Poaching , Wage-Fixing

Illumina/Grail—The Dawn of a New Era for Global Merger Control?

The European Commission’s (EC) decision to block Illumina’s acquisition of Grail marks the dawn of a new era for acquisitions of startups with innovation potential. This case involved many “firsts”: It is the first time that...more

10/31/2022 / Acquisitions , Corporate Counsel , EU , EUMR , Merger Controls , Mergers , Popular , Startups

Surge of Antitrust Enforcement Against Manufacturers of Branded Consumer Goods

European antitrust regulators have shown a continued focus on scrutinizing manufacturers’ engagement with their distributors. The anticompetitive practices that have attracted the highest financial penalties primarily relate...more

1/27/2022 / Antitrust Provisions , Competition , Corporate Counsel , Distributors , EU , Manufacturers , Penalties

Vertically Challenged - Insight into the EU Commission's Efforts to Update the EU Rules on Vertical Agreements

The European Commission (Commission) has launched the impact assessment phase concerning its ongoing revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the accompanying Vertical Guidelines, which set out the rules...more

10/29/2020 / Corporate Counsel , EU , European Commission , Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) , Sales Restrictions , Vertical Agreement , Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)

EU Commissioner Warns Companies of Potentially Unlawful Use of Pricing Algorithms

On 16 March 2017, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager gave a speech on algorithms and competition at the Bundeskartellamt's 18th Conference on Competition in Berlin, during which she discussed the potentially...more

3/31/2017 / Algorithms , Cartels , Competition , Corporate Counsel , E-Commerce , EU

CJEU Reaffirms Independence of EU and Member States Leniency Programs

The Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) recently issued a seminal preliminary ruling on the relationship between EU leniency programs and the leniency programs of Member States. The CJEU reaffirms that EU and Member State...more

3/16/2016 / Cartels , Corporate Counsel , Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) , EU , European Commission , Immunity , Leniency Programs , Member State

The Court of Justice of the European Union Confirms the Commission’s Long Arm in Fighting International Cartels

In a landmark victory for the European Commission (Commission) before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 9 July 2015, the Court upheld the EUR 288 million fine imposed on a Taiwanese producer of liquid...more

7/14/2015 / Cartels , Competition , Corporate Counsel , European Court of Justice (ECJ) , Foreign Corporations , LCD Panels , South Korea , Taiwan

Dr. Annette Mutschler-Siebert

K&L Gates LLP

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