AKZO FAILS IN BID TO USE LAWYER-CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY TO STYMIE CARTEL CASE
May 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BID to use the principle of client-lawyer confidentiality to annul fines levied on Dutch chemical group Akzo over its involvement in plastics additives cartel looks likely to fail. An advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has advised the court to reject a claim that a European Commission probe into the cartel was legally flawed because officials read emails sent between Akzo's in-house legal team and the general manager of UK-based group member Akros Chemicals. It and Akzo Nobel Chemicals claimed these communications were ...
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