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 …

Special Episode: Clerkships decoded – life in Australia’s top competition team

Why should you start your legal career in Australia’s leading competition, consumer and market regulation practice? Recent clerks and now team members Amy van Dongen and Elena Khoury, partners Louise Klamka and Andrew Low, and some old friends who have moved on to great things join us in this speci…

Batteries Not Included: Charles Coorey and Jessie-Grace Stephenson on product safety and consumer protection

Partner Charles Coorey and pro bono lawyer Jessie-Grace Stephenson read the fine print on consumer protection and product safety -- from quad bikes to button batteries and how businesses can support their vulnerable customers. Plus million-dollar (maybe) fees for complex mergers in the coming merge…