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Motorists are likely to be free to use supermarket shopper dockets to save at the petrol pump, after a News Corp probe.

On 10 December, the Perth Federal Magistrates Court found that Etchguard had misled a franchisee with promises of a substantial turnover.

Quarterly on current events in Competition and Trade Practices law.

Financial services in Australia are now subject to increased cyber-security and information security regulation.

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

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.

A recent case in the Federal Court underlines the importance of properly responding to investigations which are undertaken by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). The case is ACCC v Narnia Investments Pty Ltd [2009] FCS 395.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published the national trend and seasonally adjusted estimates for the month of April.

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.

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

Martin Algie wrote an Opinion piece for The Australian Financial Review, discussing the difficulties for local distributors, particularly those who have a limited knowledge of the technicalities of the product they are importing.

The anti-cartel legislation that we described in our ealert of 23 June 2009 has now commenced operation and the ACCC has issued guidelines as to how it will approach the prosecution of cartels.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced on 15 September 2010 that it would be delaying its decision on the proposed joint venture between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

Repairers who do not supply goods are not manufacturers under Part VA of the Trade Practices Act.