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ACCC OKs $1.3B Saputo, Murray Goulburn merger
Agriculture 2018-04-04 5:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission gave the go-ahead Wednesday to the $1.3 billion merger of dairy giant Saputo with Australian milk co-op Murray Goulburn, after Saputo agreed to divest the Koroit dairy plant in Victoria.

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Flight Centre fined $12.5M for attempted price-fixing
Article 2018-04-04 2:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Flight Centre has been ordered to pay $12.5 million in penalties for making multiple attempts to enter into price-fixing arrangements with three international airlines.

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Qantas settles pain-in-the-neck case
Article 2018-04-03 3:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Qantas has settled a lawsuit by a passenger who claims he suffered back and neck injuries after sitting in a faulty seat on a long-haul flight from Sydney to Los Angeles.

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Slater & Gordon considers pelvic mesh class action
Class Actions 2018-03-29 9:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Slater and Gordon is mulling a class action on behalf of women who suffered complications after receiving a pelvic mesh implant, in the wake of a damning parliamentary report on the controversial devices.

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ACCC says MYOB bid for Reckon raises competition concerns
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-29 10:56 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about MYOB’s proposed bid for Reckon’s accounting unit, saying it could substantially lessen competition in the market for accounting software.

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Pelvic mesh report calls for medical device registry
Class Actions 2018-03-29 10:37 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A long-awaited congressional report has called for an overhaul of medical device regulation in Australia, in the wake of a system-wide failure to protect women who suffered “devastating” consequences after being implanted with faulty vaginal mesh products.

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Cos. to face new penalties for manipulating financial benchmarks
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-29 8:57 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Companies that manipulate financial benchmarks will face specific civil and criminal penalties under changes to the law made by the government today, in the wake of $100 million in settlements by two of Australia’s largest banks last year over claims they manipulated the bank bill swap reference rate.

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ACCC delays decision on Saputo, Murray Goulburn merger
Agriculture 2018-03-28 8:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian competition regulator has delayed its decision on the proposed $1.3 billion merger of dairy giant Saputo with Australian milk co-op Murray Goulburn to consider feedback from market participants. 

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Biotech co. settles case over low-GI sugar patent claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-28 8:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Australian biotech company Holista Colltech has resolved litigation over ASX announcements that said it was collaborating with a Nobel Prize nominee to file a patent for the world’s first low-GI sugar.

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House to weigh bill to give ASIC competition powers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-28 3:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A measure to add competition concerns to the mandate of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was formally introduced in the House on Wednesday.

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