The biggest shakeup of merger regulation in Australia in 50 years is coming into view. Partners Elizabeth Avery and Louise Klamka take us through the major changes and the devilish details that still need to be settled, with additional commentary from partner Simon Muys and winning visualisations from Treasury. Is this faster, stronger and simpler, or just harder? More transparent or less accountable? Plus grocery inquiries and divestiture powers, Soviet industrial policy, irrebuttable...

Anne Catherine Faye, Economist and Counsel to the Chair of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section, takes us through the complicated landscape of antitrust, economics and sustainability in the US and beyond. Plus the Department of Justice goes bobbing for Apple, the Epic case gets underway in Australia, the Full Federal Court overturns the ACCC's win against the CFM(M)EU, and the Productivity Commission gets back in the game with the new National Competition Policy. All this and the...

Change is the only constant, but even change is changing as partner Andrew Low joins us to talk about digital regulation, digital ecosystems and digital payments, and the fight over access to a tiny part of your phone. Plus more constant than change in the ACCC's 2024–25 compliance and enforcement priorities, Epic's battle royale against Google and Apple lands on our island, gatekeepers land their European beachheads on DMA-day, ex-ante regulation proves to be easier said than done,...

G+T partner Ilona Millar and Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association Co-Chair Rae Lindsay on global ESG trends, corporate sustainability in Europe, and the unfolding impacts on Australian companies in the first part of a double-header on the emerging field of business and human rights.   Plus the Tribunal overturns the ref's call on the ANZ/Suncorp merger authorisation, but it's not all bad news for the ACCC; ex-post reviews of mergers; near-record criminal fines for a cartel; and even...

Partners Elizabeth Avery and Simon Muys take us through the latest on the merger reform debate, how the ACCC's position has evolved and how its package deal might be unbundled.   Plus time is a flat circle with supermarket inquiries and the cozzie livs, disrupting the Chocolate Cartel with Willy Dubs, expensive typos from Mariner I to the latest real estate scams, and dance hall revivals from West Ham to "No Whyalla Wipeout".   All this and more AI fingers with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt...

Special Counsel Amelia McKellar guides us through the multiverse of multijurisdictional ("MJ") mergers, and how to navigate the conjunction of thresholds, deadlines, agencies and advisers and arrive at the singularity of success. Plus submissions at 20 paces in the merger reform debate, Apple tells the regulators they've been holding it wrong, lessons in Wonkanomics, and a busy year ahead for the ACCC … All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  Submissions from the...

OECD Competition Committee Chair Professor Frédéric Jenny joins us to talk about the long arc of the competition law universe, from the Chicago School through COVID to climate change, digital platforms and artificial intelligence. Plus motorways and Rebel Wilson, the inaugural GCR Live conference in Sydney, greenwashing ocean-bound plastics, both kinds of RPM, the Government response to Reppo No. 5 and the ACCC's call for ex ante regulation, and Epic's saga against Google. All this and a new...

Even as maximum corporate penalties go through the roof, there may be more deterrence in pursuing a business's officers and employees. Partner Liana Witt talks us through individual liability for competition law contraventions and how not to end up as the anti-hero. Plus Treasury consults on changes to the merger process; new leadership and new expectations for the Productivity Commission; the High Court hits the ground running; and when's the ACCC going to drop another competition court...

Partner Geoff Petersen gives us the buzz on the new National Energy Objectives, which now include the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the ACCC's authorisation of Brookfield’s acquisition of Origin Energy on green grounds, and what they mean for competition as the energy transition accelerates. Plus A.I. from the Beatles to Bletchley Park; the full line-up of the Competition Review Expert Advisory Panel; turning up the volume on the merger process debate; and what really is a Ticket to...

Partner Louise Klamka reads the contrails on the airline sector, including the ACCC's case against Qantas and its rejection of Qantas's acquisition of Alliance, the Government's Aviation White Paper, the Senate Inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements and the need to look closely at the role airports play in aviation competition. Plus competition vs climate in the Brookfield/MidOcean acquisition of Origin Energy, taxes and treason in the High Court's electric vehicle ruling, A.I. fought...

NYU antitrust legend Eleanor Fox joins us to discuss the evolving nature of antitrust; the tensions between agencies, lawmakers and courts; and convergence and divergence between competition law jurisdictions. Plus negotiating AI in Brussels and Hollywood, a clearer picture of the FTC's case against Amazon's "Project Nessie", and late changes to the High Court's starting seven. All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.   Summary of the WGA agreement with studios and EU...

Partners Elizabeth Avery and Louisa Klamka return from the International Antitrust Forum in the home counties with all the latest on competition practice and enforcement around the world. Regulators are embracing novel theories of harm, but what do the courts think? All will be revealed – to the extent permitted by the Chatham House Rule. Plus the Matildas make the anti-siphoning list, the ACCC tells Transurban to take the rat run, Microsoft nears the end credits in its quest for Activision,...

Partner Jeremy Jose brings us up to date on the rolling boil that is gas market regulation in Australia. What's the latest on the gas trigger, the price cap and the mandatory code of conduct, and how is this helping us towards net-zero? Plus consumer protection and the Women's World Cup, record penalties for the ACCC with more on the runway, more to the Triple Threat than meets the eye, a new kind of competition policy review and all the news on unfair trading practices and contract terms....

Former Human Rights Commissioner Prof Ed Santow of the UTS Human Technology Institute joins G+T's Simon Burns, Andrew Hii and Jen Bradley to discuss A.I. governance and ethics, sexy powerpoints and The Simpsons. Plus the Microsoft/Activision merger levels up, the ACCC grapples with greenwashing, the Tower of Babel is looking kind of shaky, and what's the deal with Secure-a-Spot not securing a spot? All this and Go The Matildas! with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive...

Collaboration or Collusion? Partner Elizabeth Avery and lawyer Radha Rathi run the ruler over agreements between rivals for sustainability goals, as authorities around the world weigh the competitive landscape against the actual one. Plus traffic lights for toll roads, the sound of mergers, dark patterns in the FTC's case against Amazon, a Marxist critique of artificial intelligence, and fusion cells or hit squads take down investment scams … All this and a looming World Cup with...

Climate change and sustainability partner Ilona Millar takes us through the new obligations and imperatives facing many businesses to address their environmental impacts -- individually or through industry collaborations. Plus the ACCC solves a cashflow problem in the Prosegur/Armaguard authorisation, the global golf merger gets into the rough, fresh legs on the field of competition and regulation field. All this and more sports references with with co-hosts Moya Dodd AO and Matt Rubinstein...

US DOJ economist Dr Brian Clark joins us to talk about equity and antitrust, labor and monopsony markets, and what Stephen King has in common with poultry processors. Plus the latest on Microsoft's Activision acquisition from the CMA, DG COMP, the FTC and the ACCC, Woolworths' Karabar carry-on, Justice French's arsonist bounces into life, and lawyers learn the limits of large language models.   Tim Lapetino's The Art of Atari EVP Margrethe Vestager on behavioural remedies and...

Springtime in Washington: G+T lawyer Anna Belgiorno-Nettis spoke at the world's largest antitrust meeting and now reports back on equity and fairness in competition law, how the major antitrust jurisdictions are getting things done, and how Australia stacks up. Plus the world's friendliest conference and the Chatham House rule, the latest on digital platforms, including the UK's DMU and DMCC and the EU's DMA and DSA, and the godfathers of artificial intelligence and stupidity … All this and...

Special Counsel Sarah Lynch brings us all sorts of reports on ports, as NSW Ports scores a win against the ACCC and critical infrastructure and privatisation remain in the crosshairs for regulators and enforcers. Plus the ACCC's plans to overhaul merger approvals and turn back the Qantas acquisition of Alliance; the new Stanford AI Index and our own index of Als and Alis; severed Viking heads and Norse poetry. All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein G+T on the ACCC's...

It's been a busy first year for the new Australian government, with big changes in competition and consumer law and regulation and plenty more to come. Dr Leigh MP tells us what brought him to his portfolio, what keeps him going and how he sees concentration in Australian markets. Plus the Productivity Inquiry meets the Economic Dynamism Inquiry, a virtual ecosystem of digital ecosystem news from dating to default dance moves, and a High Court victory for Botox alternatives and comparative...

Partner Simon Muys returns from the International Bar Association Competition Conference in Italy with the latest developments in European competition law, digging into the Jarndyce-scale Intel litigation and the Illumina/Grail blood offering. What do these trends reveal and what do they mean for Australia in a time of global antitrust coordination and domestic change? We ask the Machine.   Plus we look at the ACCC's new enforcement and compliance priorities and its recent green sweep,...

ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb, consumer advocate Gerard Brody and G+T partner Elizabeth Avery discuss the role of fairness in competition and consumer law and the proposed prohibition on unfair trading practices . With a special introduction from Assistant Minister for Competition Dr Andrew Leigh. Plus a course change for privacy protections with the Attorney-General's Report, cartels and creature comforts in the Pilbara, ambition and distraction at the Federal Trade Commission, and...

Dr Philip Marsden is a Professor of Law and Economics, an ultra-marathon runner, an antitrust rapper and a co-author of the Furman report into digital competition, and he joins us to talk about all these things and more. Plus everything that's happened since the last episode: regulations, consultations, user locations, triangulations, revised variations, and artificial intelligence gets fast and furious. All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive Edge...