Month: December 2015

What a year InCompetition!

December 24, 2015 | 1 Comments

InCompetition looks back at some of the key events in competition law from 2015 and wishes readers a happy festive season...

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ACCC steam cleans Electrodry

December 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

Electrodry has been penalised for publishing fake testimonials online...

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Newly established Hong Kong Competition Tribunal to hear cases under the relevant practice and procedural rules...

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Hong Kong engineering boss guilty of bid-rigging

December 22, 2015 | 0 Comments

Hong Kong Corruption Commission targeting bid-rigging as engineer boss found guilty...

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The Federal Court has found that Reckitt Benckiser engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in the packaging and online information about a range of Nurofen products....

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ACCC Empowered to Vet VET Sector

December 16, 2015 | 0 Comments

The vocational education and training (VET) sector is under the spotlight for misleading conduct and false representations, as ACCC commences litigation...

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Choose your own section 46 adventure

December 11, 2015 | 0 Comments

Government opens consultation on section 46 reform...

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High Court reinstates agreed penalties

December 9, 2015 | 0 Comments

The High Court has unanimously reinstated the longstanding ability for regulators and parties in civil penalty proceedings to make submissions regarding agreed penalties. In doing so, the High Court overturned an earlier judgment of the...

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Government response to Harper Report gives leg up to litigants...

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Sims looks ahead to consumer law review

December 9, 2015 | 0 Comments

Delivering the keynote address at the recent Australiasian Consumer Law Roundtable in Canberra, ACCC Chairman Rod Sims discussed the current state of the Australian Consumer Law (“ACL”) in light of the upcoming ACL review in...

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