Frances Murphy

Leniency Documents Not Exempt from Disclosure Demands in EU
Francesco Liberatore,Frances Murphy, June 27, 2011
On 14 June 2011, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruled that EU law does not exempt leniency documents lodged with national competition agencies ("NCAs") from requests for disclosure in private actions. In a reference for preliminary ruling from a German court, Pfleiderer v...

OFT for the First Time Uses Its 'Fast Track' Merger Referral Procedure
Tom Bainbridge,Matt Evans,Frances Murphy, March 11, 2011
On 2 March 2011, the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) made a'fast-track' reference to the Competition Commission (CC) of the travel agency joint venture proposed by Thomas Cook, Co-operative Group, and Midlands Co-operative Society. This is the first time the OFT has used this procedure since it...

European Union Renews Consideration of Collective Redress
Stephen Barnett Brown,Natasha Hall,Frances Murphy,Johannes G. Zöttl, February 25, 2011
The European Commission (Commission) has launched a public consultation to determine if it would be beneficial to introduce European Union legislation aimed at achieving a coherent approach towards "collective redress" in the EU. The Commission has said it will to steer clear of...