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Of Adequate Cost Rules, Judicial Damages Estimation, and Fundamental Principles of Antitrust Damages Actions – Tráficos Manuel Ferrer, C-312/21
The judgment of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in Tráficos Manuel Ferrer (C-312/21) provides some clarity on the compatibility of national cost rules and judicial damages estimation with EU primary law – the effective enforcement of EU competition law – and the rules of the Damages Directive. The CJEU followed AG Kokott’s opinion to…