Do your call centres and complaints divisions know what they can and cannot say under the Australian Consumer Law?
New competition laws will apply to generators and suppliers of electricity as of 10 June 2020.
While competition law strictly prohibits competitors acting together or agreeing on prices, collective negotiation by small businesses, franchisees and fuel retailers has traditionally been...
A red light from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is not necessarily fatal when it comes to seeking approval for mergers but red light Statement of Issues (SOI) are becoming...
Sar Katdare and Andrew Willekes have prepared an easy to use Q&A on merger control in Australia.
Last week the ACCC granted an urgent interim authorisation to Coles to coordinate its activities with other supermarkets for the broad purpose of ensuring the fair and equitable distribution of...
How competition and consumer laws can impact your business during these uncertain times.
The ACCC has released its Compliance and Enforcement Priorities for 2020.
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?