2024: Main Conference Day OneTuesday, 26 November 2024 - CET (Central European Time, GMT+01:00)

• Legislation – adopted and proposed:
  • The revised EC Market Definition Notice
  • EC Guidelines on Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture
  • The draft EC Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuse
• ECJ/GC cases on:
  • Sport, Wouters and arbitration: European Superleague v. FIFA, UEFA; International Skating Union; Royal Antwerp FC
  • Legal fees: Lithuanian notaries and Bulgarian lawyers
  • Limitation in damages: Heureka v. Google
  • Pay for delay: Servier
  • Article 102 TFEU: Google Shopping, Qualcomm and Google AdSense
  • Price parity clauses: Booking.com
• ECJ/GC cartel appeals, including:
  • JP Morgan, Credit Agricole (Euribor) and Scania (Trucks)
• EC antitrust decisions, including:
  • Cartels: Lantmännen (Ethanol reference pricing); Rabobank and Deutsche Bank (Euro-denominated bonds trading)
  • Art. 102 TFEU: RENFE decision (online ticket data access); Apple fine (for anti-steering provisions re. music streaming Apps)

and proposed Vifor commitments (re. alleged product disparagement)

• EC DMA decisions on gatekeeper designations and compliance
• Policy initiatives

• Dual distribution: risks of information exchange
  • Key Takeaways from the Hugo Boss Case and VBER/VGL
  • Practical Compliance Challenges
  • Additional compliance challenges with online platforms
• Price differences in view of the Mondelēz decision

• ECJ judgment in Orde van Vlaamse Balies: what are the implications?
• Should in-house counsel benefit from legal professional privilege?
• Should the Commission issue guidance or do in-house counsel need to create self best practice?
• Approaches across key member states