Cartel Damage Claims and the so-Called “Umbrella Pricing” Under EU Competition Law: The Kone Ruling of the CJEU

Eutopialaw.com, here.

CJEU Provides Guidance Regarding Potential Liability Of Cartel Members In EU Member States For Sales By Non-Cartel Participants

Wilmerhale.com, here. 

When the CJEU opens the umbrella, lawyers and economists get ready for a warm shower of damages claims (C-557/12)

A. Sánchez Graells, here. 

CJEU: Cartel members may be sued for damage caused by umbrella pricing

C-557/12 Kone AG and Others v ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, Press Release here, Judgment here.

Umbrella Effects and the Ubiquity of Damage Resulting from Competition Law Violations

F. Maier-Rigaud, here. 

Advocate General Opens Door to Umbrella Claims in Cartel Damages Cases

J. Van Acker, V. Lefever, here.

AG Opinion in Kone: EU ‘Effectiveness’ Law Wades Further into National Civil Litigation

M. Marquis, here.

Advocate General Kokott on umbrella effects: a further, critical comment

Eutopialaw.com, here.

A first reaction to AG Kokott's KONE Opinion (umbrella effects)

Howtocrackanut.blogspot.ch, here.

Umbrella Liability For Price Fixing: Does The Forecast Call For More Damages In The EU And U.S.?

Antitrusttoday.com, here.

Toward a European Directive on Damages Actions

F. Maier-Rigaud, here.

Umbrella Effects

R. Inderst, F. Maier-Rigaud, U. Schwalbe, here.

AG Kokott on cartelists' civil liability for "umbrella pricing"

Case C‑557/12, KONE AG and Others, here.