Partners Elizabeth Avery and Liana Witt report back from a very different American Bar Association Spring Meeting in Washington DC, and take us through recent upheavals in US competition and consumer law. What is the new “America First” antitrust, what does it mean for global deals, big tech and AI, and how will it impact Australia and the rest of the world? Plus digital platforms and the new regime, the ACCC bags a penalty in ocean plastics and has no truck with LDV's SUVs, and what to expect from the newly returned government … All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. [Links]

The World's Fair: Liana Witt and David Holmes on Australia's new unfair trading practices proposal
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Once Upon a Time in China: Amelia McKellar on merger control, involution-style competition and the accidental sad horse in China
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How to Host a Merger: Elizabeth Avery and Costas Condoleon on the latest updates to the merger regime and what global counsel need to know about our new system.
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