Caselex is a unique legal information service opening up national case law and other important decisions (like those of competition authorities) with a European connotation to legal professions. It was a legaltech before the term even existed. As such it has contributed to the

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. Relying on a network of editors throughout Europe, Caselex systematically summarizes in English case law and other decisions that have a cross border value to legal professionals. The service consists of the Caselex Market Definitions Module and several Case Law Modules.

Caselex history

Caselex was launched as a projec
financed by the EU Commission
in 2005 (Programme IS-ECONTENT - Multiannual Community programme to stimulate the development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to promote linguistic diversity in the Information Society 2001-2005, Grant agreement ID: 11218). It was founded by Stig Marthinsen, with Marc de Vries as project technical coordinator. Stig Marthinsen left the firm in 2011. Legal publisher LexisNexis bought Caselex in 2022. Marc de Vries left Caselex in 2023.

Caselex Market Definitions Module

Defining relevant markets is crucial in concentration control and antitrust cases. The ''Caselex Market Definitions Module'' gives user friendly access to English summaries of relevant markets definitions of concentration control decisions rendered by ''all'' 34 national and European competition authorities (29

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EFTA The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organization and free trade area consisting of four European states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The organization operates in parallel with the European Union ...

countries and DG COMP of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

) since 2000 up to today. Accordingly, by giving an instant synoptic European-wide overview of all relevant markets defined it provides support to lawyers submitting notifications and to competition authorities responsible for concentration control under th
EU 2004 Merger Control Regulation
as well as national rules thereon. Each product market is searchable on the basis of names of products and NACE codes and each definition backed up by the line of reasoning of the competition authority. Full texts of original decision are also available and downloadable in PDF. Currently (October 2015), the database holds over 3.500 national and 900 DG COMP decisions holding more than 10.000 market definitions. The launch of this Module is foreseen in January 2016.

Caselex Case Law Modules

Next to that Caselex covers important national case law from all EU Member States Caselex (next to case law from the

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). Well structured English summaries allow for instant access to and full understanding of case law that would otherwise not travel across Europe. Currently (October 2015) the Modules hold almost 5.000 summaries covering the following areas of law: *

Competition Law Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. It is also known as antitrust ...

Employment Law Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship be ...

* Public procurement Law * ICT and Media Law * Social Security Law

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