Tag: ACCC
New ACCC Chief Operating Officer Appointed
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Scott Gregson has been appointed as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer effective August 6, 2020.
Mr Gregson was...
Australian News Outlets To Negotiate Payment With Major Digital Platforms
Australian media will be able to bargain with Google and Facebook to quickly secure fair payment for news content if a draft mandatory code...
Australia’s Watchdog Says “Exculpatory” Witness Statement Cut In Citi, Deutsche Cartel...
The ACCC stated Monday, July 20 that it deleted parts of a witness statement showing Citigroup and Deutsche Bank tried to follow the rules...
Australia To Probe Woolworths’ $1B B2B Expansion
The Australian competition regulator is looking into Woolworths' plans to build a AU$1 billion (US$697.07 million) wholesale business supplying the education, childcare, healthcare, disability,...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2.0: Is the New Concerted...
Pricing algorithms can be deployed as a tool to facilitate collusion and therefore cause consumer harm. Where this happens, the conduct may not necessarily...
Australian Regulator Asks For More Transparency In Music Licensing & Royalties
Greater transparency about license fees and royalties is a condition of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reauthorizing the Australasian Performing Right Association’s...
When Code is Law: Bargains Between News Publishers and Platforms
By Rob Nicholls*
I. Introduction
In July 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) published the final report of its Digital Platforms Inquiry.1 In that...
The Jury Is Out: An Assessment of Proposed Reforms to Australia’s...
Recently, competition authorities globally have been advocating for law reform to enhance their enforcement powers in relation to so called "killer acquisitions." In July...
Some Unresolved Aspects of the Australian Competition Approach to COVID-19
By John Kettle (McCullough Robertson Lawyers)1
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”), like every other competition authority around the world, finds itself in uncharted...
Australia Calls For Private & Public Hospitals To Cooperate On COVID-19
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has separately authorized private hospitals in Victoria and in Queensland to cooperate with their state health agencies,...
