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Reconciling efficiency and protection of (sensitive) personal data in EU antitrust proceedings – Commentary on the Orders of the President of the General Court of 29 October 2020 in cases T‑451/20 R and T‑452/20 R

Ketevan Zukakishvili (Skadden) and Laura Tresoldi (Clifford Chance LLP, Italy)/November 2, 2020November 4, 2020 /Leave a comment

In the context of ongoing antitrust investigations into Facebook Inc.’s (‘Facebook’) data-related practices (AT.40628) and Facebook marketplace (AT.40684), on 13 March 2020 the European Commission (‘Commission’) issued two formal requests for information (‘RFIs’), requiring the company to produce a large number of internal documents. Facebook challenged the RFIs before the General Court of the European…

Competition proceedings, Dawn raids, Europe, Evidence, Fundamental rights, General Court of the European Union, Privacy

Partial annulment of European Commission decisions to order dawn raid inspections

Peter Citron (Editor) (White & Case, Belgium)/October 9, 2020November 4, 2020 /Leave a comment

On 5 October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (GC) partially annulled decisions of the European Commission (EC) to order on-the-spot inspections (dawn raids) of a number of French retailers[1]. The GC held that the EC did not have sufficiently strong evidence to launch dawn raids in respect of some of the suspected…