G+T partner Ilona Millar and Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association Co-Chair Rae Lindsay on global ESG trends, corporate sustainability in Europe, and the unfolding impacts on Australian companies in the first part of a double-header on the emerging field of business and human rights.  

Plus the Tribunal overturns the ref's call on the ANZ/Suncorp merger authorisation, but it's not all bad news for the ACCC; ex-post reviews of mergers; near-record criminal fines for a cartel; and even more Wonka and antitrust in pop culture.  

All this and more next week with co-hosts  Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  


G+T on the Tribunal's authorisation of the ANZ/Suncorp merger


The ACCC's second ex-post review of past merger decisions 


Mumbrella on Take 5's all-time classic headlines


ACCC on the criminal penalties in the waste cartel


Autorité de la Chalomet on the French chocolate cartel


Wikipedia on the incredible AI-assisted Willy's Chocolate Experience (archived) 


Spencer Weber Waller's "A Pop Culture Guide to Antitrust" and sequel


Ben Stein on the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act and the Laffer Curve


ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb's AFR op-ed on digital platform regulation


Shop Talk: G+T's latest consumer law update


Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team 


Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

G+T partner Ilona Millar and Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association Co-Chair Rae Lindsay on global ESG trends, corporate sustainability in Europe, and the unfolding impacts on Australian companies in the first part of a double-header on the emerging field of business and human rights.  
Plus the Tribunal overturns the ref's call on the ANZ/Suncorp merger authorisation, but it's not all bad news for the ACCC; ex-post reviews of mergers; near-record criminal fines for a cartel; and even more Wonka and antitrust in pop culture.  
All this and more next week with co-hosts  Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  
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G+T on the <a href="https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/application-approved-tribunal-authorises-anzs-acquisition-suncorp-bank-rejecting-accc" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/application-approved-tribunal-authorises-anzs-acquisition-suncorp-bank-rejecting-accc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1AqN31PNpvztYwBngXaL9t">Tribunal's authorisation of the ANZ/Suncorp merger</a> 
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The ACCC's <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/review-of-past-merger-decisions-reveals-mixed-outcomes" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/review-of-past-merger-decisions-reveals-mixed-outcomes&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0pCgcwwwjVgl8CSg1bD2g_">second ex-post review</a> of past merger decisions 
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Mumbrella on <a href="https://mumbrella.com.au/take-5-and-revel-in-some-of-the-weirdest-cover-lines-from-the-real-life-mag-350743" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://mumbrella.com.au/take-5-and-revel-in-some-of-the-weirdest-cover-lines-from-the-real-life-mag-350743&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0uvg46DMbo2IXc3sJfgIzZ">Take 5</a><a href="https://mumbrella.com.au/take-5-and-revel-in-some-of-the-weirdest-cover-lines-from-the-real-life-mag-350743" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://mumbrella.com.au/take-5-and-revel-in-some-of-the-weirdest-cover-lines-from-the-real-life-mag-350743&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0uvg46DMbo2IXc3sJfgIzZ">'s all-time classic headlines</a> 
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ACCC on the <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/criminal-sentences-imposed-on-bingo-aussie-skips-and-their-former-ceos-daniel-tartak-and-emmanuel-roussakis-for-skip-bin-and-waste-processing-cartel" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/criminal-sentences-imposed-on-bingo-aussie-skips-and-their-former-ceos-daniel-tartak-and-emmanuel-roussakis-for-skip-bin-and-waste-processing-cartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1pudYEVy8A2iSXca3RxSKb">criminal penalties in the waste cartel</a> 
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Autorité de la Chalomet on the <a>French chocolate cartel</a> 
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Wikipedia on the incredible AI-assisted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%27s_Chocolate_Experience" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%2527s_Chocolate_Experience&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3OcxSSYy_wPAdZsL8ux-SN">Willy's Chocolate Experience</a> (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240224234353/https:/willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224234353/https:/willyschocolateexperience.com/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw12yiSd8aicY2aYzahJyEL6">archived</a>) 
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Spencer Weber Waller's "<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4340521" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id%3D4340521&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2f5sqvOWfBXVFhwwyQ9ySH">A Pop Culture Guide to Antitrust</a>" and <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4598117" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id%3D4598117&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fXZDwJlvP_9bVnLFhgcA5">sequel</a> 
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Ben Stein on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyyAh2lQXF8" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DAyyAh2lQXF8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3b9EwzDDc9_1CNTjLodQb_">the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act and the Laffer Curve</a> 
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ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb's AFR op-ed on <a href="https://www.afr.com/technology/digital-giants-harm-consumers-and-competition-20240226-p5f7qo" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.afr.com/technology/digital-giants-harm-consumers-and-competition-20240226-p5f7qo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2JjKhfl2BpHBpX_uhbu9qx">digital platform regulation</a> 
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Shop Talk: G+T's <a href="https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/shop-talk-accc-consumer-law-enforcement-wrap" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/shop-talk-accc-consumer-law-enforcement-wrap&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2D4WqmsTKJhJ1wlz7ahi4O">latest consumer law update</a>   
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Meet the Gilbert + Tobin <a href="https://www.gtlaw.com.au/expertise/competition-and-regulation" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gtlaw.com.au/expertise/competition-and-regulation&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709773883621000&amp;usg=AOvVaw26zqVrgKVmm0wMbLNokVfP">Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation</a> team 
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Email us at <a href="mailto:edge@gtlaw.com.au">edge@gtlaw.com.au</a>  
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Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world with The Competitive Edge, a competition law podcast. Each fortnight Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with our resident experts and special guests to give you the competitive edge. 

Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world with The Competitive Edge, a competition law podcast. Each fortnight Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with our resident experts and special guests to give you the competitive edge.&nbsp;

The Competitive Edge

Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world. Gilbert + Tobin’s Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with leading experts to give you the competitive edge.

Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world. Gilbert + Tobin&rsquo;s Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with leading experts to give you the competitive edge.

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