The EU General Court rules on liability for Spanish raw tobacco cartel (Alliance One International)

On October 27, 2010, the General Court rendered a decision in the appeal by Alliance One International (formerly Standard Commercial Corp. (“SCC”)), and its subsidiaries Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., Inc. (“SCTC”) and Trans-Continental Leaf Tobacco Corp. Ltd (“TCLT”) (together, the “Applicant Companies”) against the European Commission’s (the “Commission”) 2004 decision regarding a Spanish raw tobacco cartel. [1] The General Court annulled the Commission’s decision with