Carsten Krüger, Author at Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Cartels, Damages, Estimation, Germany, Private enforcement

Minimum Damages under EU Law in Antitrust Damages Actions? Conclusions from the Recent Case Law of the German Supreme Court

Carsten Krüger (CDC Cartel Damage Claims Consulting)/February 1, 2024January 30, 2024 /Leave a comment

“The estimated damage cannot be less than 5% of the purchase price paid for reasons of effectiveness under EU law.” This was recently stated by the German Federal Court of Justice about claims for damages due to the Dieselgate scandal. However, the Court’s reasoning in favour of this legal lower limit for damages might equally,…

Damages, Enforcement, Private enforcement

Effective Enforcement of Cartel Damage Claims Through the Assignment Model: The Preliminary Ruling Procedure Before the CJEU in Case C-253/23 (ASG) – A Comment

Martin Seegers, Carsten Krüger (CDC Cartel Damage Claims Consulting)/August 25, 2023August 24, 2023 /Leave a comment

The Regional Court of Dortmund has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling on the access of cartel victims to the so-called ‘assignment model’ (see here). Private enforcement of EU competition law is essentially driven by damage actions that bundle claims assigned by a multitude of victims to…