Month: December 2012

Shot down by metallic paint

December 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Nissan Motor Co (Australia) Pty Ltd  provided a court enforceable undertaking to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission following an investigation by the Commission of Nissan’s television advertisement for the Nissan DUALIS vehicles.  In addition,...

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The 12 “clicks” of Christmas

December 5, 2012 | 2 Comments

While the level of festive cheer is rising, this is also a time of year when things can go wrong in the rush to find the perfect gift.  At this special time of year we...

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Access All Areas

December 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Productivity Commission (PC) has commenced a 12 month inquiry into the National Access Regime. The Assistant Treasurer (David Bradbury) announced the commencement of the PC’s inquiry on 25 October 2012.  On 30 November, the...

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JFTC puts the brakes on car parts cartelists

December 5, 2012 | 1 Comments

The 22nd of November 2012 was a rather unpleasant day for four Japanese car parts companies, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Mitsuba Corp., T.Rad Co. and Calsonic Kansei Corp., who were found guilty by the Japan Fair Trade...

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On 23 November 2012, the NZ Commerce Commission published its Enforcement Response Guidelines, describing how the NZCC enforces New Zealand’s fair trading, competition and credit contract laws. Read together with the NZCC’s Model Litigant Policy and Enforcement Criteria, the Guidelines...

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Be careful what you fish for

December 4, 2012 | 1 Comments

A cautionary tale for companies seeking to complain of anti-competitive conduct by a competitor: approach the competition regulator with clean hands! Spain’s National Competition Commission (CNC) recently fined the National Association of Canned Fish and...

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Hertz has had to make some large concessions to get its merger with Thrifty Dollar approved by the FTC – being required to sell its Advantage Rent A Car business and giving up the rights...

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The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada has made a bold statement by amending its integrity policy to effectively prevent parties who have been found guilty of bid-rigging from submitting future tenders to...

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Foreign companies that engage in cartel conduct in Australia may be out of sight, but they are certainly not out of mind (or out of reach) when it comes to the ACCC enforcing the provisions...

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