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Australia's new mandatory merger control regime has completed its first three months of operation, revealing both promising trends and emerging challenges for dealmakers.

What effect will the Metcash decision have on mergers and the ACCC? Michael Corrigan explains on Boardroom Radio.

A payment by one competitor to another competitor not to enter a market is accepted to be anticompetitive.

When it came into effect in August 2008, China’s Antimonopoly Law introduced a comprehensive system of competition merger control for parties to concentrations reaching certain thresholds. Amongst the merger control provisions, Article 31 of the Antimonopoly Law provides for an additional review of concentrations by foreign investors where state security is involved. More than two years after the law’s entry into force, Article 31 has finally been brought into effect by the State Council, which

ANZ has successfully defended itself against ACCC price-fixing allegations in relation to mortgage broking services.

The Australian Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a consultation paper in which it proposes a full cost recovery regime for application fees under Australian's new mandatory merger clearance regime.

The model confidentiality waiver will increase cross-border cooperation in merger control and antitrust investigations.

In this update, we outline the potential implications of the Harper Review recommendations for the retail sector.

This was a warning to company directors about the risks of cartel conduct and secretly colluding on bids for contracts.

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The Government's bid to abolish the so-called "Birdsville" amendment to trade practices law and replace it with an alternative test to protect small business against below cost selling by powerful firms has been defeated by the Senate.

On 18 December 2007 the ACCC published its long-awaited report on its Inquiry into the price of unleaded petroleum in Australia. Its finding? That Australia' s petrol prices are the fourth lowest in the OECD.

The rules of professional bodies and associations can be designed to restrain members in the way they conduct business.

On 31 March 2015, the Australian Government released the final report of the Competition Policy Review.

A good negotiation strategy is important in any dealings with suppliers or other businesses.

The 2015 Compliance and Enforcement Policy sets out ACCC priority areas and how best to direct enforcement resources.

The update outlines the potential implications of the Harper Review recommendations for reform in the retail sector.