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BEH’s defense rights were breached by antitrust data-room process, EU court adviser says

By Nicholas Hirst ( April 23, 2026, 10:06 GMT | Insight) -- Bulgarian Energy Holding’s rights of defense were breached by EU antitrust investigators when disclosing evidence to it via a sealed room reserved for the company’s external advisers, according to a court opinion for the bloc’s top judges. Advocate General Laila Medina gave her support to the use of data rooms in principle, but faulted how the European Commission ran the data room in this case.Bulgarian Energy Holding’s rights of defense were breached by EU antitrust investigators when disclosing evidence to it via a sealed room reserved for the company’s external advisers, according to a court opinion for the bloc’s top judges. ...

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