Work Area: Cartels

24 July 2023

The European Commission has determined that Daimler, BMW and the Volkswagen group agreed not to compete over emissions technology in diesel cars, in its first-ever cartel decision penalising collusion over technical standards.

09 July 2021

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28 January 2021

Colombia’s competition authority said employees at Odebrecht, Episol and Corficolombiana colluded to bribe public officials to win a highway project, in an investigation stemming from Odebrecht’s 2016 plea agreement with the US Department of Justice.

19 January 2021

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Dutch multinational Philips has agreed to pay $11.6 million to resolve a bribery investigation related to the inflation of the costs of medical device contracts.

10 December 2020

In an exclusive interview, the Netherlands’ top prosecutor at the EU’s nascent anti-corruption agency discussed lawyers’ potential apprehension in dealing with the new body and what their clients should know about EPPO’s powers.

06 November 2020