The newly installed Department of Justice antitrust head in the U.S. said Friday that international enforcement will be among his top priorities.
Lawyers are advising large companies to look hard at their business plans to keep on the good side of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission now that the enforcer has a new arsenal to deploy.
The likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon could find themselves in the crosshairs of a newly empowered Australian competition regulator, and Rod Sims wants to move fast, the chairman told Lawyerly.
Car giant Ford now has an extra month to get its ducks in a row ahead of a scheduled trial next year in a case alleging it misled drivers who complained about faulty vehicles.
The competition watchdog has released anticipated guidelines on the new reforms to competition law passed last week, with businesses now on notice that non compliance is not an option.
The trial in the consumer regulator’s case against Apple alleging iPhone and iPad users were misled about their rights has been put on hold to give both sides more time.
AFL app users will get refunds from Telstra after the consumer watchdog called the company out over its app ads, which gave the impression subscribers could stream live matches full-screen on mobile phones and tablets.