Competition proceedings before the European courts in which we have represented clients include:
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the Microsoft case acting for one of the principal interveners
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the Nintendo case appealing against the imposition of fines for restrictions on interstate trade
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the ice cream case on market foreclosure where we act for the complainant, Mars
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the Corus case appealing the fines imposed for cartel activities
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the liner shipping cases on the interpretation of Regulation 4056, and the TACA case in which we achieved the largest annulment of fines in the history of European competition law
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the BPB and British Gypsum case on abuse of dominance involving exclusionary practices where we acted for the successful complainant, Iberian Trading
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the ALSTOM case appealing against the imposition of a fine in the insulated switchgear equipment cartel investigation
Proceedings before the English courts include:
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the MasterCard case, acting for MMF on its appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal of the OFT's decision concerning interchange fee arrangements for UK MasterCard transactions
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the O2 case successfully defending a claim for damages by Unipart for alleged infringement of Article 81 consisting in a margin squeeze
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the Days Medical Aids case in which the client successfully brought an action for breach of an exclusive distribution agreement and in which the High Court rejected a defence claim that the agreement was in breach of Article 81 EC and the English law doctrine of restraint of trade
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the Body Shop International case defending claims of abuse of dominance in the context of a franchise system
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the Esso cases involving retail petrol supply agreements and the compatibility of those agreements with the relevant provisions of the block exemption regulation.