Mergerbot: Simon Muys and Tanya Macdonald on the recent and upcoming refinements to the new merger process

Partners Simon Muys and Tanya Macdonald join us to ring in Australia’s new merger clearance regime – what's settled, what's still up in the air and how our clients are navigating the new world in the third but not necessarily final instalment of our webinar series. This episode may qualify for 1 CP…

The Merger Reform Forum: ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb on the new merger review framework

ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb delivers a keynote at our recent forum on the new merger framework that's just around the riverbend: why the change, how to engage with the ACCC, and what's still up in the air. Plus the Chatham chat on fees, thresholds and first-instance decision-making, an agreement …

DPSI 10 Your Seatbelts: Kate Reader on the Digital Platform Services Inquiry and what's next for the ACCC in digital regulation

DPSI 10 Your Seatbelts: Kate Reader, head of the ACCC's Digital Markets Branch and G+T alum, returns to unpack the landmark Digital Platform Services Inquiry, developments in Australia and overseas and greatly exaggerated rumours about the ACCC's digital team. Plus the newest conference on the comp…

The Sting: Jeremy Jose and Antonia Garling on the new Scams Prevention Framework

The new Scams Prevention Framework will kick in next year with codes of conduct and big penalties for failing to take reasonable steps to combat scams. Competition partner Jeremy Jose and Disputes and Investigations partner Antonia Garling take us through the impact on the telecommunications, digit…

Moving On Up: Amelia McKellar and Kaushalya Mataraaratchi on No-Poach and Non-Compete Agreements and the planned changes to stop them

Moving On Up: Non-compete and no-poach restrictions in employment contracts in the government's sights, and Special Counsels Amelia McKellar and Kaushalya Mataraaratchi explain how long-standing exceptions to the competition law could be put on gardening leave. Plus subscription traps and Amazon's …

The Informant! Kieran Pender on whistleblowers, regulators, protections and their limits

Kieran Pender from the Human Rights Law Centre joins us to talk about whistleblowers -- how they're protected, how they engage with regulators, the changes that could be coming, and how businesses can encourage accountability in their own culture and processes. Plus the new merger notification waiv…

Conference 27: Geoff Petersen on the ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference, essential infrastructure, the energy transition, competition and innovation

Partner Geoff Petersen joins us fresh from the ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference with the latest on regulating infrastructure, the energy transition, competition and innovation.   Plus the Government's Economic Reform Roundtable; a second leasehold on the ACCC's acquisitions register earns a new frequ…

Stephen King's It: Productivity Commissioner Stephen King on regulation and innovation, the AI opportunity and productivity growth

Productivity Commissioner Stephen King joins us to talk about regulation and innovation, data and AI, the lost decade of productivity growth, and the baptist and bootlegger issue. Plus Epic wins the first round against Apple and Google, mavericks and icepeople at the ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference,…

When I'm Gone: Antitrust economics and merger reform

Jennifer Fish, Economist at Charles River Associates, joins us to talk about the new merger approval process and its sharper focus on data and economic analysis, how lawyers can most effectively engage with economists, the state of hipster and hillbilly antitrust, and the representation of women in…

Only Mergers in the Building: Charles Coorey, Andrew Low and Liana Witt on the ins and outs of the new merger process.

Partners Charles Coorey, Andrew Low and Liana Witt take us deeper into the new merger review process -- the filing fees, the forms and information requirements, and how to engage with the ACCC before and after notifying, with more wrinkles than Winnie the bulldog. Who gets to notify when there's a …