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Cement Australia must pay ACCC legal bill
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-26 9:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Cement Australia will have to foot most of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s appeal bill, despite the regulator coming up short in its bid to have a penalty against the cement giant for alleged anti-competitive conduct increased by $80 million.

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Australian Olympic Committee loses fight over Telstra’s Rio ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-26 2:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Olympic Committee lost its challenge to a court ruling that found for Telstra in a consumer and intellectual property battle over the company’s ‘Go to Rio’ ad campaign.

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ACCC sees no problem with $54B Essilor, Luxottica tie-up
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-26 1:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

French optical lenses giant Essilor has secured the blessing of the Australian competition regulator for its $54 billion merger with the world’s largest supplier of eyewear, Italy’s Luxottica Group.

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Borg gets ACCC green light to buy plants from timber giant
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-26 1:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Building materials manufacturer the Borg Group has been given the all-clear by the competition regulatory to buy two plants from Australia’s largest supplier of wood products.

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Judge fines computer shop $750k for misleading consumers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-25 3:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A federal court judge has ordered Australian computer retailer MSY Technology to cough up $750,000 for misrepresenting consumers rights to remedies on faulty products.

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Commission calls for product safety law overhaul
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-25 1:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A new report calls for an overhaul of mandatory product standards, saying reforms would increase competition and lead to annual savings of $350 million.

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ASIC, banks delay rate rigging trial again as talks continue
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-25 11:06 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The trial against three of Australia’s biggest banks over alleged interest rate rigging was pushed back again on Wednesday after lawyers for National Australia Bank and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group told the Federal Court they were still in settlement talks with the securities regulator.

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Wine maker wants ACCC ok to bring booze to Deliveroo
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-24 4:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A family-owned South Australian wine maker has asked the Australian consumer regulator to bless a joint marketing effort with other wine producers, including Yalumba and Brown Brothers, to help sell wine through online food delivery service Deliveroo.

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Tabcorp takes Tatts merger bid back to tribunal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-24 2:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition Tribunal takes centre stage again this week in the long-running battle by wagering group Tabcorp to merge with lotto giant Tatts.

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Corporate penalties to triple under new proposal
News 2017-10-24 12:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission could get more teeth under a new proposal by a Turnbull government taskforce released Tuesday, with penalties for corporate crime tripling from $1 million to $3 million.

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