All proposed mergers above a yet-to-be-determined threshold will have to be reported to the ACCC. It’ll have to give a yes or no within 30 days.
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Andrew Leigh joins us to talk about longer-term economic outlook, reforms to made to the system and the need to increase competition and our flat-lined productivity.
Governments around the world keep filing antitrust lawsuits against the ‘big four’ tech companies. Here’s why that matters for everyone who uses their products.
If the CMA concludes the partnership is in fact a merger, it will start looking into whether this has reduced competition.
A small set of changes to competition law were just passed as the second part of Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act.
If the competition regulator gets its way, it could force significant changes to the online shopping giant.
Enforcement agencies like the Competition Bureau have a duty to pursue cases they consider to be well-founded and in the public interest. But it’s unrealistic to expect they will win every time.
As Canada embarks on its post-pandemic economic recovery, policymakers must ensure economic resilience and inclusiveness while preventing existing monopoly issues from worsening.
Faced with a Germany-led coalition seeking to ban internal-combustion-engine car sales from 2035, the EU needs to stay firm on its core economic principles.
The UK must refocus its efforts to attract investment post-Brexit, but here’s why it’s still ‘open for business’.
The Rogers-Shaw decision is proving to be a legally significant case for Canada by setting a precedent that might make merger challenges harder in the future.
The Biden administration fears that further consolidation in the aviation industry will lead to worse outcomes for consumers – but do mergers necessarily push up prices?
The industry’s prices and profits would be lower if laws were enforced.
New legislation could strengthen the social contract between workers and platforms.
The inaugural chair of the ACCC says Gina Cass-Gottlieb’s experience opposing the ACCC in court will prove invaluable, and that it’s time to appoint a lawyer as chair.
The knock-on effects from this ruling could be enormous.
While relying on internal documents can be controversial, Zuckerberg’s emails are so detailed and specific that they’re impossible to ignore.
Making Google and Facebook pay Australian news publishers might be good politics, but it is odd economics.
Lack of competition regulation created outright dominance of a few players in some industries.
Car makers need access to the latest telecoms technology, but Nokia refuses to grant licenses because manufacturers won’t pay up. So the disputes begin…
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor & Vice-Dean Research, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Competition Lawyer; Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, Discipline of Law, Justice and Society, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Transport and Logistics Network Modelling, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Politics, University of Warwick
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
