The telecommunications industry has been a crucible of competition and regulation for decades, and it's now on the frontline of debates ranging from digital platforms to AI and data. Industry veteran Richard Feasey connects the history and the future of technology and regulation. Plus antitrust in sport and horror, a new chapter for the National Broadband Network, and more…


Jenny Dempsey on the evolution of telephone numbers
"A Good Walk Spoiled" from Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast
New York Times, "PGA Tour Can Bar LIV Golfers From Playoff, Judge Rules"
Department of Justice vs Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster
True History of the 2022 Variation of the Special Access Undertaking
Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition + Regulation team

The telecommunications industry has been a crucible of competition and regulation for decades, and it's now on the frontline of debates ranging from digital platforms to AI and data. Industry veteran Richard Feasey connects the history and the future of technology and regulation. Plus antitrust in sport and horror, a new chapter for the National Broadband Network, and more…
 
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<li>Jenny Dempsey on the <a href="https://www.numberbarn.com/blog/lesson-on-phone-numbers/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.numberbarn.com/blog/lesson-on-phone-numbers/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660798954741000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2N43fY7VDgd2sJ7y4_ye8N">evolution of telephone numbers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/a-good-walk-spoiled" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/a-good-walk-spoiled&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660798954741000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3g8i5ApPe7s7u_5l2oqyz1">"A Good Walk Spoiled"</a> from Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast</li>
<li>New York Times, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/sports/golf/liv-pga-federal-court-ruling.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/sports/golf/liv-pga-federal-court-ruling.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660798954741000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1dqhiZ4Aw3gvgMBB5yZQ6Z">"PGA Tour Can Bar LIV Golfers From Playoff, Judge Rules"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-penguin-random-house-s-acquisition-rival-publisher-simon" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-block-penguin-random-house-s-acquisition-rival-publisher-simon&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660798954741000&amp;usg=AOvVaw13bm0NLQM8GQIOKUTPqlQn">Department of Justice</a> vs Penguin Random House and Simon &amp; Schuster</li>
<li>True History of the <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/regulated-infrastructure/communications/national-broadband-network-nbn/nbn-co-sau-variation-2022" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/regulated-infrastructure/communications/national-broadband-network-nbn/nbn-co-sau-variation-2022&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660798954741000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1SIRq3qB8Gz9cYzHwaC0lx">2022 Variation</a> of the Special Access Undertaking</li>
<li>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=1660798954741000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1tuQgtwO0UruHOC4R5RicN">Competition + Regulation</a> team</li>
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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.

London Calling: Richard Feasey rings the bell on communications regulation in the past, present and future.

The biggest shakeup of merger regulation in Australia in 50 years is coming into view. Partners Elizabeth Avery and Louise Klamka take us through the major changes and the devilish details that still need to be settled, with additional commentary from partner Simon Muys and winning visualisations from Treasury. Is this faster, stronger and simpler, or just harder? More transparent or less accountable? Plus grocery inquiries and divestiture powers, Soviet industrial policy, irrebuttable presumptions and the ACCC looks for a meeting of the minds with the High Court on the nature of threats and understandings. All this and Rebel Wilson with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive Edge podcast. 


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


Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

The biggest shakeup of merger regulation in Australia in 50 years is coming into view. Partners Elizabeth Avery and Louise Klamka take us through the major changes and the devilish details that still need to be settled, with additional commentary from partner Simon Muys and winning visualisations from Treasury. Is this faster, stronger and simpler, or just harder? More transparent or less accountable? Plus grocery inquiries and divestiture powers, Soviet industrial policy, irrebuttable presumptions and the ACCC looks for a meeting of the minds with the High Court on the nature of threats and understandings. All this and Rebel Wilson with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive Edge podcast. 
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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=1713422513979000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3txORcY_BP4cAAslALiP7V">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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Dial M for Merger: Elizabeth Avery and Louise Klamka on Australia's new merger approval framework

Anne Catherine Faye, Economist and Counsel to the Chair of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section, takes us through the complicated landscape of antitrust, economics and sustainability in the US and beyond. Plus the Department of Justice goes bobbing for Apple, the Epic case gets underway in Australia, the Full Federal Court overturns the ACCC's win against the CFM(M)EU, and the Productivity Commission gets back in the game with the new National Competition Policy. All this and the Franklin's Tale with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein and senior correspondent Anna Belgiorno-Nettis. 
US v Apple press release, press conference and complaint
MLex reporting on the Epic v everyone hearing
ACCC v CFM(M)EU Round 1, Round 2 and the ACCC's application for special leave to appeal to Round 3
The Marx Brothers on the secondary boycott provisions
C&C (music f) Act (ory) megamix
Productivity Commission's assessment of proposed National Competition Policy reforms
Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

Anne Catherine Faye, Economist and Counsel to the Chair of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section, takes us through the complicated landscape of antitrust, economics and sustainability in the US and beyond. Plus the Department of Justice goes bobbing for Apple, the Epic case gets underway in Australia, the Full Federal Court overturns the ACCC's win against the CFM(M)EU, and the Productivity Commission gets back in the game with the new National Competition Policy. All this and the Franklin's Tale with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein and senior correspondent Anna Belgiorno-Nettis. 
<ul>
<li>US v Apple <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov.mcas.ms%2Fopa%2Fpr%2Fjustice-department-sues-apple-monopolizing-smartphone-markets%3FMcasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">press release</a>, <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov.mcas.ms%2Fopa%2Fvideo%2Fjustice-department-sues-apple-monopolizing-smartphone-markets%3FMcasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3">press conference</a> and <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov.mcas.ms%2Fopa%2Fmedia%2F1344546%2Fdl%3Finline%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4">complaint</a></li>
<li>MLex reporting on the <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.mlex.com.mcas.ms%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D20893%23%2Fcontent%2F1241804%2Fantitrust-epic-games-apple-lawsuit-over-alleged-mobile-device-marketplace-restrictions-australia%3Freferrer%3Drelatedportfolio_open&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5">Epic v everyone</a> hearing</li>
<li>ACCC v CFM(M)EU <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accc.gov.au.mcas.ms%2Fmedia-release%2Fhutchinson-and-cfmmeu-engaged-in-boycott-on-brisbane-construction-site%3FMcasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6">Round 1</a>, <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accc.gov.au.mcas.ms%2Fmedia-release%2Fcfmeu-and-hutchinson-appeals-against-boycott-finding-upheld%3FMcasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7">Round 2</a> and the ACCC's <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accc.gov.au.mcas.ms%2Fmedia-release%2Faccc-seeks-leave-from-high-court-to-appeal-cfmeu-and-hutchinson-boycott-judgment%3FMcasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="8">application for special leave to appeal to Round 3</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be.mcas.ms%2FG_Sy6oiJbEk%3Ft%3D83%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="9">The Marx Brothers</a> on the secondary boycott provisions</li>
<li><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com.mcas.ms%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_vuyOnCz7_Q%26McasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="10">C&amp;C (music f) Act (ory)</a> megamix</li>
<li><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pc.gov.au.mcas.ms%2Finquiries%2Fcurrent%2Fcompetition-analysis%3FMcasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="11">Productivity Commission's assessment</a> of proposed National Competition Policy reforms</li>
<li>Meet the Gilbert + Tobin <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtlaw.com.au.mcas.ms%2Fexpertise%2Fcompetition-and-regulation%3FMcasTsid%3D20893&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="12">Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation</a> team</li>
<li>Email us at <a href="mailto:edge@gtlaw.com.au" data-linkindex="13">edge@gtlaw.com.au</a></li>
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Chilling Effects: Anne Catherine Faye on antitrust, economics and sustainability

Change is the only constant, but even change is changing as partner Andrew Low joins us to talk about digital regulation, digital ecosystems and digital payments, and the fight over access to a tiny part of your phone. Plus more constant than change in the ACCC's 2024–25 compliance and enforcement priorities, Epic's battle royale against Google and Apple lands on our island, gatekeepers land their European beachheads on DMA-day, ex-ante regulation proves to be easier said than done, and surf'n'turf at the Qteq cartel hearing. All this and our politicians' favourite films with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. 
Our update on the ACCC's 2024-25 compliance and enforcement priorities
Our update on the ACCC's focus on consumer guarantees
Our annual Competition + Consumer Law Insights publication for 2023-24   
Dr Andrew Leigh in the Australian Book Review
The Barbie edition of Monopoly
Results of the RBA's 2022 Consumer Payments Survey
MLex's coverage of the ACCC v Qteq and Epic v Apple and Google hearings  
RIP Kingsleys Brisbane
Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team 


Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

Change is the only constant, but even change is changing as partner Andrew Low joins us to talk about digital regulation, digital ecosystems and digital payments, and the fight over access to a tiny part of your phone. Plus more constant than change in the ACCC's 2024–25 compliance and enforcement priorities, Epic's battle royale against Google and Apple lands on our island, gatekeepers land their European beachheads on DMA-day, ex-ante regulation proves to be easier said than done, and surf'n'turf at the Qteq cartel hearing. All this and our politicians' favourite films with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. 
<ul>
<li>Our update on the <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtlaw.com.au.mcas.ms%2Fknowledge%2Faccc-announces-its-2024-25-compliance-enforcement-priorities%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">ACCC's 2024-25 compliance and enforcement priorities</a> </li>
<li>Our update on the <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtlaw.com.au.mcas.ms%2Fknowledge%2Faccc-seeks-consumer-guarantees-reform-whilst-stopping-mosaic-delay%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">ACCC's focus on consumer guarantees</a> </li>
<li>Our annual <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtlaw.com.au.mcas.ms%2Fknowledge%2Fcompetition-consumer-insights-2023-24-review-outlook%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">Competition + Consumer Law Insights</a> publication for 2023-24   </li>
<li>Dr Andrew Leigh in the <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.australianbookreview.com.au.mcas.ms%2Fabr-online%2Fcurrent-issue%2F999-march-2024-no-462%2F12304-open-page-with-andrew-leigh%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">Australian Book Review</a> </li>
<li>The <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fshop.hasbro.com.mcas.ms%2Fen-au%2Fproduct%2Fmonopoly-barbie-edition-board-game-family-games-for-2-6-players-ages-8-plus%2F16DE0D87-C754-486D-8103-5D93C2F90948%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">Barbie edition of Monopoly</a> </li>
<li>Results of the <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rba.gov.au.mcas.ms%2Fpublications%2Frdp%2F2023%2F2023-08.html%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">RBA's 2022 Consumer Payments Survey</a> </li>
<li>MLex's coverage of the <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.mlex.com.mcas.ms%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D15600%23%2Fcontent%2F1433628%2Fantitrust-qteq-simon-ashton-accc-civil-lawsuit-alleging-attempted-cartel-australia&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">ACCC v Qteq</a> and <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.mlex.com.mcas.ms%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D15600%23%2Fcontent%2F1241804%2Fantitrust-epic-games-apple-lawsuit-over-alleged-mobile-device-marketplace-restrictions-australia&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">Epic v Apple</a> and <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.mlex.com.mcas.ms%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D15600%23%2Fcontent%2F1270438%2Fantitrust-epic-games-google-lawsuit-over-alleged-mobile-device-marketplace-restrictions-australia&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">Google</a> hearings  </li>
<li>RIP <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org.mcas.ms%2Fweb%2F20170807182306%2Fhttp%3A%2Fkingsleysbrisbane.com.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FKingsleys-BRIS_A-La-Carte_Menu-25-MAY.pdf%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">Kingsleys Brisbane</a> </li>
<li>Meet the Gilbert + Tobin <a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtlaw.com.au.mcas.ms%2Fexpertise%2Fcompetition-and-regulation%3FMcasTsid%3D15600&amp;McasCSRF=af6d155c62c8bf6d51d08786ac7abe8dda45117ffaefec2fb66a8d2159879730">Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation</a> team </li>
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Email us at <a href="mailto:edge@gtlaw.com.au">edge@gtlaw.com.au</a>  
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London Calling: Richard Feasey rings the bell on communications regulation in the past, present and future.

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