Clariant v. Commission (Case T-590/20): The General Court endorses a systematic increase of the basic amount of the fine for purchasing cartels and assimilates these types of cartels to sales cartels for the purpose of analyzing recidivism, but does not punish Clariant for appealing a settlement decision

Julia Blanco, Aleksandar Jevtic, Antti Kunnari, Clariant v. Commission (Case T-590/20): The General Court endorses a systematic increase of the basic amount of the fine for purchasing cartels and assimilates these types of cartels to sales cartels for the purpose of analyzing recidivism, but does not punish Clariant for appealing a settlement decision, Cleary Antitrust Watch (October 18, 2023) [The Library at LexBlog, LEX-WK-Z9S5GCGK, lexpid.org/Z9S5GCGK]