Causation in Competition Law Damages Actions

Illuminating the concept and practical implications of causation in competition litigation, this work is an excellent resource for practitioners, scholars, and graduate students with experience in competition law. Lombardi's comparative analysis of relevant statutory and case law will also appeal to readers generally interested in analyzing economic torts and causation.

List of contents

1. Causation in competition law damages actions; 2. Causation rules; 3. Causation in the European Union competition law and decisions; 4. Causal uncertainty in damages claims for competition law infringement; 5. Proof rules of causation; 6. Proving the uncertain causation; 7. Causation in indirect and secondary antitrust damages.

About the author

Claudio Lombardi is an assistant professor at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP) University's School of Law. Lombardi previously served as a visiting research fellow at University College London, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht and the Europa-Kolleg, Hamburg, and a visiting lecturer at the International University College of Turin.

Product details

• Authors: Claudio Lombardi, Lombardi Claudio
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108428620
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42862-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Global Competition Law and Eco; Global Competition Law and Economics Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Corporate, LAW / Antitrust, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Company, commercial & competition law, Company, commercial and competition law: general, Competition law / Antitrust law