This week’s Federal Court decision against Adepto Publications Pty Ltd (Adepto) has reinforced the serious penalties that may be imposed on companies, directors and managers for misleading or deceptive conduct. On 26 March 2013, the Federal...
Read More →Easter has come early for Qantas and Emirates as the ACCC today granted final conditional authorisation for their global airline alliance, allowing the two airline partners to coordinate their passenger and cargo operations until 31...
Read More →Earlier this month, the board of the Turkish Competition Authority fined a dozen of the country’s banks 1.1 billion Turkish lira (approximately AUD 580 million) for colluding over maximum deposit rates, credit card interest rate...
Read More →Over the years, several Taiwanese companies have been fined substantial amounts by foreign antitrust authorities for their involvement in international cartels. For example, a US court imposed a $500 million fine on Taiwanese LCD manufacturer...
Read More →Following a recent survey of over 650 people, conducted by Kidsafe Western Australia on behalf of the ACCC, the ACCC is warning parents and carers about safe trampoline practices. The survey revealed that nearly 40%...
Read More →The ACCC has indicated that its educative and engagement approach to the national unfair contract terms regime is over and has warned that it is now looking at enforcement. On 15 March 2013 the ACCC...
Read More →The ACCC has granted authorisation to individual General Practitioners (GPs) working in shared practices to allow them to engage in intra-practice price setting and collective bargaining until 15 March 2018. The Australian Medical Association Limited (AMA)...
Read More →On 12 March 2013, the DoJ announced that, after a thorough review, it has closed its investigation into the proposed merger of T-Mobile and MetroPCS. The DoJ determined that the merger of the T-Mobile and...
Read More →On 27 February 2013, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) entered into a Co-operation Agreement, allowing the NZCC to share compulsorily-acquired information with, and provide investigative assistance...
Read More →On Friday 8 March 2013, it was announced in the Government Gazette that legislative provisions providing the South African Competition Commission (Commission) with formal powers to conduct market inquiries will become effective on 1 April...
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