Right to assign antitrust damages claims follows directly from EU law, AG opines
Insights 5 November 2024AG Szpunar confirms in an opinion for the ECJ that the right for injured parties of a competition law infringement to assign their claims to a litigation vehicle for the purpose of starting damages proceedings follows directly from the cartel prohibition of Article 101 TFEU. Moreover, national rules that make the assignment of antitrust damages claims impossible or excessively difficult should be disapplied.
