Private Damages Actions: A U.S. Perspective on Importing U.S. Damages Actions to the EU

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Kent Bernard, Oct 29, 2007

I. Introduction On December 19, 2005 the European Commission published for public consultation a Green Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of EC Antitrust Rules (“the Green Paper”). The stated aim was to design a more efficient system for bringing private damages actions for infringement of EC antitrust law. The source of many of the suggested changes was United States antitrust litigation