Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha pleaded guilty to criminal cartel conduct in the Federal Court.

Following the international trend towards criminalizing cartel offenses, the Australian Senate passed a bill on June 16 that amends the key antitrust law in Australia, the Trade Practices Act 1974, by introducing parallel civil and criminal sanctions on cartel conduct.

The ACCC has called on the Government to rein in the immense market power of digital media giants, Google and Facebook.

After several years of preparation, the Hong Kong government published the Competition Bill (Bill) on 2 July 2010. The Bill aims to introduce a cross-sector competition law regime in Hong Kong for the first time.

The newsletter includes summaries and links to media releases and law reports relating to competition and consumer law.

The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission's guide to the unfair contract terms law, which explains the new unfair contracts terms in the Australian Consumer Law, has now been released.

Even for businesses under scrutiny, there are ways to foster respectful and constructive relationships with regulators.

The ACCC has failed in its appeal against Metcash Trading Limited’s acquisition of the Franklins assets from Pick n Pay.

The inquiry has provided a platform for the ACCC to seek law reforms that would impact businesses across the board.

Links to recent media releases relating to Australian competition & consumer law.

CDR will allow Australians to access their financial data and aims to encourage more competition in the banking sector.

The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 has been amended, affecting the assessment of mergers and acquisitions.

Coca-Cola South Pacific Pty Ltd gave section 87B undertakings to the ACCC on 2 April 2009 in response to concerns about advertising during October 2008 entitled, "Kerry Armstrong on Motherhood & Myth-Busting".

This article includes summaries of recent cases involving the ACCC, cartels and misleading and deceptive conduct.

Public sector entities, private businesses and consumers should be familiar with ACCC compliance and enforcement priorities.

The ACCC should run an anti-competitive conduct class action, so that the Game of Thrones is freely available.

This new Bill ostensibly supports small businesses to stand up against anti-competitive behaviour of multinationals.

The passing of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No.2) 2010 (Cth) completes a major reform unifying Australia’s consumer protection legislation. This will affect all businesses that transact with consumers.

The Department alleges that the airline merger, if successful, would lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly.

The requirements for defects warranties given by manufacturers, retailers and service providers to consumers will be regulated from 1 January 2012