John Schmidt, partner at law firm Arnold & Porter, examines the repercussions of ongoing cartel investigations in the logistics and packaging sectors.
Buyers and those involved in logistics management and packaging need to be closely watching two cartel investigations by the European Commission (EC) into trucks and metal packaging cartels.
Such restrictive agreements that raise prices are unlawful, and where you have been overcharged because of such a cartel agreement, you can claim for any loss you have suffered.
