ACCC
Corporate mergers, acquisitions etc and restructuring – need to notify ACCC
ARITA, TMA [1] and others in the business restructuring field have protested about the impact of the new merger laws ...
Are pecuniary penalties actually paid?
One enforcement tool of regulators is to obtain a court ordered civil penalty against the respondent company or individual. That ...
Report on the Franchising Code of Conduct – and insolvent franchisors
Further to my comments of September 2023 below as to a review of the franchising code of conduct, that review ...
ACCC’s new penalty guidelines – some queries
The ACCC has issued new penalty guidelines – Guidelines on ACCC approach to penalties in competition and consumer law matters ...
Penalising cartel conduct – BlueScope Steel: $57m penalty, net profit $2.8b
The Federal Court has fined BlueScope Steel $57 million for cartel conduct under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ...
“Record penalties” imposed … against insolvent companies
While much is made of the “record penalties of $438m” penalties imposed on the Phoenix Institute and related companies for ...
Do old emails ever die?
A respondent car hire company being sued by the ACCC for unconscionable conduct has claimed that what the ACCC alleges ...