Dawn Raids – EU’s Highest Court Prevents Circumvention of the Ban on Using Dawn Raids for Fishing Expeditions
The Court of Justice of the European Union has now delivered its judgment in the Deutsche Bahn1 case. This case concerns important practical principles which govern the conduct of European Commission dawn raids (on-the-spot surprise inspections used to investigate possible infringements of the EU competition rules). In particular, the case focusses on what inspectors can…