Hot on the heels of the election, the Commonwealth Government has released draft legislation that provides for the repeal of the carbon tax legislation. In addition, the draft legislation proposes to introduce new prohibitions and...
Read More →Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims recently addressed the University of Wollongong’s SMART International Infrastructure Symposium. The symposium, in its inaugural year, aims to provide a platform for international research and collaboration...
Read More →The New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) has been busy on the criminal enforcement front. Weeks after it successfully completed its first criminal prosecution under the New Zealand Crimes Act (see our previous post), the NZCC...
Read More →The ACCC has released a public discussion paper on its immunity policy for cartel conduct, inviting written submissions from interested parties on several key issues arising from its review. Earlier this year, the ACCC announced...
Read More →The New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) has successfully completed its first criminal prosecution under the New Zealand Crimes Act, with a former company director sentenced to home detention for 10 months. This is the first...
Read More →Under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), which has been in force since 2008, public and private enforcement have worked in tandem to promote compliance with the AML. However, as the AML does not require regulatory action...
Read More →Earlier this year, the ACCC announced that it is conducting a review of its immunity policy for cartel conduct. The immunity policy encourages businesses and individuals to disclose cartel behaviour, assisting the ACCC with their...
Read More →We are excited that the September issue of Class Action, our quarterly newsletter reporting on developments in regulatory investigations and class actions, included an article from leading international law firm, SJ Berwin, with whom King & Wood...
Read More →With the votes counted and Tony Abbott safely claiming a Coalition victory on 7 September 2013, it’s not only the government that is getting a makeover. As with most elections, the lead up was jam-packed...
Read More →Following Rod Sims’ speech in February this year on the ACCC’s priorities for 2013, the ACCC Chairman has again outlined the Commission’s priorities in a wide-ranging address to the Law Council of Australia. The ACCC’s...
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