Fine mitigating: The CFI reduces the amount of fines imposed on two companies ... and shows some indifference to the impact of antitrust compliance programmes (Itochou Corp. ; Nintendo ; CD Contact Data)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – CFI, 30 April 2009, CD Contact Data v. Commission, Case T-18/03. – CFI, 30 April 2009, Itochou Corp. v Commission, Case T-12/03 – CFI, 30 April 2009, Nintendo v Commission, Case T-13/03 What is the point of having compliance programs in place? This could be one of the conclusions to be drawn from the much-anticipated Nintendo decision. Coming almost seven years after the Commission's decision and more than six years after the appeals (!), the three judgments of the Court of First Instance contain a number of lessons, some of which should encourage companies and their advisers to be doubly careful in their contacts with the services of the