CSL Behring dispute will see EU court define lobbying's antitrust limits
By Anna Ferrari and Lewis Crofts ( September 29, 2026, 09:59 GMT | Insight) -- Coordinated lobbying by rival companies through a trade association will test the limits of the EU’s cartel rules after Romania's highest court asked the EU’s top judges to clarify when collective advocacy may amount to unlawful conduct. The referral also seeks guidance on information exchanges, coordinated product withdrawals from the market and a collective boycott.Romania's highest court has asked the EU's top court to clarify when coordinated lobbying by competing companies through a trade association crosses the line into a cartel, according to a new case at the Court of Justice....
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