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King & Wood Mallesons has made a key hire, luring a competition pro who worked on the ACCC's merger reform team just months before a new mandatory merger review framework is set to take effect.
The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals.
The ACCC has taken car importer LDV to court for allegedly representing to consumers that certain car models were durable and suitable for off-road conditions, when in reality they were prone to rusting within five years of purchase.
A judge has found that Queensland-based mining equipment company Qteq and its chairman engaged in cartel conduct, including attempting to rig a multi-million dollar tender.
Clorox has been hit with a $8.25 million penalty for representing to consumers that certain GLAD garbage bags were sourced from plastic fished from the ocean.
ACCC commissioner Liza Carver is leaving the regulator just three years into a five-year tenure, at a time of a noticeable drop in enforcement by the competition cop under Gina Cass-Gottlieb.
Port logistics giant Qube has won the ACCC's blessing to buy port operations provider MIRRAT under the condition that it agree to not discriminate against downstream competitors at the Port of Melbourne.
The competition regulator has signed off on Woolworths' acquisition of chilled ready meals supplier Beak & Johnston, finding rival retailers would still have plenty of options for supplying ready meals.
In a loss for the ACCC, the High Court has found builder J Hutchinson did not arrive at an anti-competitive understanding with the CFMEU merely by yielding to a threat of industrial action.
The Albanese government has vowed to ban price-gouging by supermarkets if reelected, despite the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's supermarkets inquiry finding no evidence of excessive pricing.