The CJEU finds that economic successors are liable for cartel damages claims

Under EU competition rules, companies cannot escape fines for competition law breaches by changing their identity through restructuring the undertaking. The principle of economic continuity has developed to prevent exactly this. Last week the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that this principle also applies in the context of follow-on damages claims (C-724/17 Skanska Industrial Solutions and others). The judgment of the EU’s highest court widens the circumstances in whic