Justus Herrlinger
White & Case (Hamburg)
Partner
Justus Herrlinger specializes in antitrust law. His practice includes cartel investigations, merger control proceedings, joint ventures and cases of abuse of a dominant position. He has more than 10 years of experience in advising and representing national and international clients in a broad variety of competition law cases. Justus Herrlinger represents clients before the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), the European Commission and litigates cases before civil courts. His practice also includes multi-jurisdictional merger filings in the context of cross-border M&A transactions. Moreover, Justus Herrlinger is active in various mandates in the field of online sales and selective distribution schemes. In this and other areas. Justus Herrlinger provides to his clients also regular advice on a day-to-day basis. Industries in which Justus Herrlinger gained particular experience include banking, real estate, including shopping centers, food retail, logistics, including shipping, consumer electronics and medical devices. Chambers Europe states clients are satisfied that he "always gets to the point quickly and can always figure out ways to solve our problems." Justus Herrlinger has also worked in the Brussels and New York office of White & Case. Justus Herrlinger is visiting lecturer on corporate & business law at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb e. V. (FIW). Currently, Justus Herrlinger is also co-chairing the Northern regional section of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
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26406 Bulletin
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Yesterday, the 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen – "GWB") entered into force, and with it the most substantial overhaul of German competition law in a long time. The new law contains a number of significant adjustments of (...)
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The protection from seizure by law enforcement, which the client-attorney privilege affords to the findings gathered by lawyers who are commissioned with internal investigations at businesses, has narrow limits. The affiliate of a law firm’s client has been denied protection from seizure by the (...)
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Today, significant changes to the German Act against Restraints of Competition have entered into effect. This newsletter provides an overview of the most significant aspects of the 9th amendment to the German competition law. Cartel Damages The amendment strengthens the procedural and legal (...)
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In its decision dated 11 June 2010, the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe has awarded € 100,000 in damages to a claimant on behalf of a printing firm that purchased carbonless-paper indirectly from members of the carbonless-paper cartel. The printing firm was seeking damages for paying cartel (...)
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In its decision dated May 14, 2008, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf held that an action for damages against members of a former cartel brought by a company, the business model of which is to acquire, bundle and bring claims of the cartel members’ customers, is admissible. This specific (...)
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In its decision of March 6, 2007, the Federal Supreme Court (the Court) decided on an appeal against a decision on a price-fixing cartel which operated in the printing paper wholesale industry from 1996 to 2000. The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) had imposed an administrative fine on a (...)
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In August 2006 the Bundeskartellamt imposed total fines of 2.64 million euros on four pharmaceutical wholesalers and seven individuals in the pharmaceutical industry. The companies are Andrae Noris Zahn, Sanacorp Pharmahandel, Phoenix Pharmahandel and Gehe Pharma Handel . The Bundeskartellamt (...)
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On September 26, 2005, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) issued a Discussion Paper on the topic of “Private Cartel Law Enforcement - Status, Issues, Perspectives”. Particular features were an analysis of the number of past court decisions on private enforcement, including critical comments on the (...)
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On 13 July 2004 the German Federal Supreme Court delivered a remarkable judgment on the prerequisites of a claim for the granting of a compulsory patent license under antitrust law. According to this judgment, the owner of a patent may be obliged to grant a license to competitors for products (...)
