Partner Sar Katdare and Associate Jaime Campbell have written the Australian chapter for the International Comparative Legal Guide: Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2019.
A short case summary on the recent Osteo Gel case.
We are pleased to share with you the third edition of our report on recent trends in complex merger review cases by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).
On 26 February 2019, Rod Sims announced the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement policy for 2019. A summary of the key areas of focus are set out below.
If your business is involved in the licensing or assignment of IP rights (such as patents, registered designs or copyrights), you should urgently seek legal advice to ensure that all such...
Last month, the Full Federal Court ordered Japanese company Yazaki Corporation (Yazaki) to pay a penalty of $46 million for engaging in cartel conduct in contravention of the Competition and...
A recent Federal Court decision provides further guidance on the use of the word 'natural' in product branding or advertising.
Compliance has never been more critical than it is now given the increase in penalties.
Compliance with competition laws has never before been so important.
Johnson Winter & Slattery is proud to have contributed the Australian Chapter to the inaugural edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms 2017.
In certain circumstances, knowledge of fraud by employees may be aggregated to determine culpability of a company where there is a duty and opportunity to communicate it to the other.
The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016 (Bill) was passed by the Senate on 8 February 2017 and will commence the day after it receives royal assent, which is imminent.
On 13 February 2017 the Federal Court delivered its decision in relation to whether claims made by Domain Group (‘Domain’) that it had the “#1 property app in Australia” were misleading or...
On 24 February 2017, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced its Enforcement and Compliance Policy for 2017.
The recent Federal Court decision in ACCC v Pfizer serves as strong reminder that market power is not static but must be assessed in the context of a potentially changing market over a reasonable...
Are you a director of a company? Did you know that the ACCC can ask the Court to ban you from managing any company if you breach the Australian Consumer Law?
The Government has now released draft terms of reference for its "root and branch" review of Australia's competition laws. The terms of reference are extremely broad, focus on protecting small...
Conflicting decisions on the nature of multi-channel distribution models - the ANZ and Flight Centre cases - Two recent Federal Court decisions provide contradictory and irreconcilable conclusions...
On 1 January 2011, Australia's consumer protection laws will be replaced by new legislation. While the majority of the new laws do not substantially change your existing obligations when dealing...
In February 2014, the Productivity Commission's (PC) final report to the Government on the National Access Regime under Part IIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 was...
The long-awaited decision of the Federal Court in ACCC v Cement Australia demonstrates that if you seek to "tie up" the market through contractual arrangements with your suppliers (or customers
The new government has announced that it will conduct a "root and branch review" of Australia's competition laws within the first 100 days of taking office. A "root and branch" review will examine...
It is standard practice for a company to have clearly articulated policies about consumer refunds including the circumstances in which the company may seek to repair or replace defective products...
The recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in ACCC v Lux is unsurprising in so far as it confirms that the issue of whether conduct is unconscionable under the Australian Consumer...