Tag: ACCC
Australia’s ACCC Publishes CDR Rules
Australia’s competition watchdog has published the framework governing the consumer data right, which includes rules around the sharing of interest rates, fees, and charges...
Australia’s Digital Platform Inquiry: We’ve Only Just Begun…
BBetween 2017-2019 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted a “world first” inquiry into digital platforms and their impact on media and advertising services...
Australia: ACCC suing TasPorts over anti-competitive conduct
The Australian competition watchdog has initiated Federal Court proceedings against Tasmania's state-owned ports operator, alleging it tried to shut a new pilotage business out...
Australia: ACCC raises concerns on Asahi’s CUB takeover
The proposed AU$16 billion (US$11 billion) takeover of Carlton & United Breweries by Japanese beer giant Asahi looks in danger of going flat with...
Australia: ACCC welcomes response to Digital Platforms Inquiry
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to adopting the key recommendations from its Digital Platforms Inquiry, which will...
Australia: ACCC accuses roofers of Facebook collusion to raise prices after...
Two roof repairers have been caught red-handed trying to jack up prices for property owners whose homes were ravaged by last year's hailstorms in...
Australia: ACCC takes TasPorts to court
The Australian competition watchdog has initiated Federal Court proceedings against Tasmania's state-owned ports operator, alleging it tried to shut a new pilotage business out...
Australia: ‘Immunity deal’ in ACCC’s ANZ cartel case in spotlight
JPMorgan Chase began internal discussions that would lead to immunity from prosecution over a troubled Australian capital raising two years before two rivals were...
The Limits of Australia’s Digital Platforms Inquiry
By Dirk Auer (International Center for Law and Economics)1
In July of 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) concluded its high-profile 1.5-year investigation...
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! How the Media Bit Back...
By Matthew Lees (Arnold Bloch Leibler)1
Introduction
While the final report by the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) in its digital platforms inquiry
addresses various important issues...