Megagrocers undertake to stop cross-subsidising on fuel & groceries and to restrict their fuel shopper docket schemes,.

This newsletter includes links to recent media releases and cases relating to competition and consumer law in Australia.

The recent crackdown on cartels has seen new levels of activity from the ACCC and the aggressive pursuit of class actions by customers seeking to recover overcharges.

The ACCC has taken Coles and Woolworths to court for falling foul of their commitments in relation to shopper dockets.

Multinationals and big businesses need to review their practices because of Harper review changes to competition law.

Transactions involving IP rights will have to comply with competition laws, as does any transaction of property or assets.

While criminal cartel provisions have existed in Australia's Competition and Consumer Act (CCA) for a number of years, August saw the first criminal conviction for a cartel offence.

Businesses in Australia must comply with new laws governing misuse of market power, concerted practices, and cartels.

The Sydney taxi industry is slowly becoming decentralised, with new players emerging along with new technology.

New Australia rules banning businesses from charging excessive payments on credit, debit, and other payments have become law, as discussed in our August 2016 Alert.

Both houses of the Australian Parliament have passed a repeal of subsection 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ("CCA").

The Australian federal government announced in December 2017 that the ACCC will undertake an inquiry into digital platforms.

The decision was delivered on a lawsuit filed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

The ACCC accepted that public benefits outweighed the detriments, and granted interim authorisation to the supermarkets.

The big deal here is that Flight Centre was found to be on the hook even though no price fixing agreement existed.

Syndicated lending is a well-established way for banks to share risk in financing projects, but can reduce competition.

The ACCC has even facilitated coordination between companies as they respond to pressing community needs during COVID-19.

This is a resource which addresses an issue of growing importance to large corporations, their managers and lawyers.

Recent amendments to Consumer Data Right Rules give consumers right to access data to better compare energy plans.