Topic: Standalone claims

A UK court has dismissed claims from a defunct mobile retailer that Vodafone, O2 and EE illegally colluded to force it into insolvency.

13 November 2023

The UK’s specialist competition tribunal has tentatively authorised two proposed class representatives seeking up to £13.2 billion in damages from Google to consolidate their competing class actions into a single claim.

16 October 2023

Software reseller ValueLicensing has likened Microsoft’s second attempt to split a €270 million standalone damages claim into separate trials to “Groundhog Day”.

09 October 2023

An ATM operator that accused Mastercard and Visa of unlawfully blocking it from charging cash withdrawal fees has settled its claim against the latter on the eve of a 12-week trial.

02 October 2023

A decision forcing Amazon purchasers to arbitrate their competition claims against the company was correct, a Canadian appellate court has confirmed, while noting that the country’s government could legislate to shield consumers from arbitration clauses in competition cases.

31 July 2023

A competition expert has filed another class action alleging that Apple abused its dominance by charging developers an “excessive” 30% commission fee before the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal.

25 July 2023

Two parallel class actions claiming Amazon overcharged UK customers that used its “Buy Box” feature will need to resolve their carriage dispute before one of them can be certified, the president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled.

28 June 2023

The EU’s Damages Directive is both facilitating and preventing cartels, a senior official at the European Commission has said.

12 June 2023

The president of the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has urged European courts to continue to “respect and consider” the country’s judgments in antitrust litigation cases post-Brexit.

12 June 2023

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused to certify four class action claims against Visa and Mastercard, finding that the proposed class representatives showed a concerning “casualness” in their proposed methodologies.

09 June 2023