Sector: Government

No more delay on reverse payments

January 11, 2013 | 1 Comments

Louise Beange has written an interesting post on our sister blog, IP Whiteboard, about the decision by the US Supreme Court to hear a dispute over the legality of ‘pay-for-delay’ or reverse-payment agreements between patent...

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Thai take aways

December 19, 2012 | 1 Comments

On 14 December 2012, the Federal Court of Australia imposed a $7.5M penalty on Thai Airways for its role in entering into and giving effect to a price-fixing understanding to fix in respect of cargo...

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On 18 November 2012, Lisa Huett had a great interview on BRR Media about developments in competition law during 2012, considering which  sectors may be under the spotlight next year. Lisa also looked into the...

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Restaurants avoid second serving

December 18, 2012 | 2 Comments

The Commonwealth Government is proposing to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and Competition and Consumer Regulations 2010 to exclude restaurant and café surcharges from the single pricing requirement in the Australian Consumer Law...

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Shedding light on the pre-assessment process

December 17, 2012 | 1 Comments

Since 2010, the ACCC has been conducting what it terms ‘pre-assessments’ of mergers. Pre-assessments refer to an assessment of a merger ‘on the papers’, as distinct to a substantive investigation of the merger under the...

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Growing the penalty pie

December 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

The value of a Commonwealth penalty unit is set to increase for the first time in 15 years.  Penalty units are used to determine the amount payable for criminal and civil penalties under a range...

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Reform has a new top dog

December 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

The new chairman of the Productivity Commission, Peter Harris, has an interesting road ahead of him with a number of early challenges.  Luckily, he’s no stranger to difficult reform. His career has spanned many sectors...

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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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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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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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