Jochen Bernhard joined the Competition and State Aid group of Menold Bezler’s Stuttgart Office in 2012. His areas of expertise include German and European competition law with a particular focus on private enforcement. He advises companies on various aspects of competition and distribution law and has been involved in German, European and multi-jurisdictional merger notifications. Jochen Bernhard is a graduate of the University of Freiburg where he obtained his Doctorate in Law. In 2004, he obtained a Maîtrise en droit from the University of Paris XII. In 2014, he finished his postgraduate studies at the University of Augsburg as a "Compliance Officer (Univ.)". He is admitted to the German bar and lectures at the University of Heidelberg
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Article 5 of the Damages Directive requires Member States to enable courts to order disclosure of evidence under certain qualifying conditions, while protecting the rights of parties and third parties, in particular confidential information. This is an area in which common law jurisdictions (...)
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Since in 2011, the German Federal Court of Justice has ruled in favour of a company that was an indirect victim of a cartel, actions for damages regarding violations of competition law are becoming more and more important in Germany. German judges usually have recourse to prima facie evidence (...)
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CA Düsseldorf, 18 Feb. 2015, Az: VI U (Kart) 3/14 - Zement II (Cartel Damage Claims) This note is an extension of the commentary on the judgment of the Düsseldorf Regional Court of 17 December 2013 in the case between the Belgian company specialising in the recovery of damages from victims (...)
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Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Judgement of 17 December 2013, 37 O 200/09 (Kart.) U. - Zementkartell II (Cement II) Despite a large number of innovations introduced by the 7th and 8th amendments to the Act against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen - GWB) and (...)
