Disclosure of Trade and Business Secrets in German Antitrust Investigations – Federal Court of Justice rules on the Role of Interested Parties as a new Friend to the Federal Cartel Office
Executive Summary On 20 February 2024, the German Federal Court of Justice (“FCJ“) ruled on the disclosure of trade secrets in antitrust proceedings. The underlying case (File No. KVB 69/23) concerns the German Federal Cartel Office’s (“FCO“) antitrust investigation into Google’s business practices and the FCO’s intention to disclose information to a third party TomTom,…