RBB’s Laure Schulz
Laure SchulzPartner will speak at Concurrences’ Private Enforcement in the EU event in Paris on 2 April. Her panel will examine recent developments in damages litigation and assess what these shifts mean for legal certainty and the effectiveness of private enforcement.
CURRENT ISSUES : THE PROFESSIONALS' PERSPECTIVE
2025 saw major shifts in litigation involving damages claims by public entities, with particular focus on the jurisdiction of the administrative courts. On March 19, the French Court of Cassation, relying on the CJEU’s Repsol ruling, established an irrebuttable presumption of fault in floor covering cartel cases (Forbo, Sarlino), thereby facilitating compensation for victims of anticompetitive agreements. Significant developments also occurred regarding the limitation period for follow-on actions: the Paris Court of Appeal (Carrefour/L’Oréal, January 22, 2025) held that the limitation period begins with the competition authority’s decision, whereas the CJEU (Nissan Iberia, September 4, 2025) and the Spanish Supreme Court (June 5, 2025) favoured a starting point tied to the final decision. This panel will analyse the implications of these developments for legal certainty and the effectiveness of private enforcement.
The full programme is available on the Concurrence event page.
