On 30 April 2018 the ACCC released its final Dairy Inquiry report, painting a picture of significant imbalances in bargaining power in the dairy supply chain. One of the report’s key recommendations was a mandatory...
Read More →After more than four years of investigations by the ACCC, on 23 August 2019 the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) charged Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO), a Norwegian-based global shipping company, with criminal cartel...
Read More →The sea of penalties for criminal cartel conduct is slowly deepening. On 2 August 2019, the Federal Court imposed the largest ever penalty for criminal cartel conduct under the CCA, fining K-Line $34.5 million for giving...
Read More →Court agrees to record-breaking individual penalties for exclusive dealing conduct...
Read More →With Federal Parliament already considering increases to the maximum pecuniary penalties for non-compliance with certain sections of the Australia Consumer Law (ACL) (see our article here), a Bill to implement other changes to ACL was...
Read More →ACCC Chairman Rod Sims has recently made statements that shed light on the ACCC's enforcement priorities for 2017 and his views on his legacy....
Read More →Penalty units set to increase from $180 to $210 from 1 July 2017...
Read More →"Made in" claims toughen up...
Read More →No major surgery to the ACL – but rehab likely...
Read More →ACCC commences its second ever criminal cartel prosecution, against Japanese based shipping company...
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