Hybrid Settlement

European Union, Fundamental rights, General Court of the European Union, Hybrid Settlement, Presumption of Innocence

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The long-awaited judgement of the General Court in the price-fixing case against a world-leading provider of transport solutions, Scania, is out. On February 2, 2022, in a hybrid settlement case, the General Court dismissed the appeal filed by Scania. It upheld the decision of the Commission, which imposed a fine of € 880.5 million for…

Duty to state reasons, Equal treatment, European Court of Human Rights, European Court of Justice, Fundamental rights, Hybrid Settlement, Presumption of Innocence, Settlement

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On March 18, 2021, in a hybrid settlement case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) partially annulled the judgment of the General Court of the European Union (GC) for violating the obligation to state reasons and the principle of equal treatment in the calculation of the fine. The CJEU compared the situation…