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 Iliad flow, Taylor Swift and Ticketmaster, Treasury on AI and the ACL, ASIC and ANZ, and a new Commissioner at the ACCC … All this and M People with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  

Breaking News:  

• ACCC announces decisions on two of the eight remaining old school mergers on its register, waving through Cuscal's acquisition of payment facilitation supplier Indue Limited but opposing MicroStar Logistics' acquisition of the assets of keg pooling service provider Konvoy Holdings.  

 Links:  

• M People with "Moving On Up" and Loleatta Holloway with "Love Sensation" and "Ride on Time" 
• The Final Countdown on the ACCC's public informal merger clearance register 
• MN-01019: Ampol's proposed acquisition of retail sites from EG Australia
• FTC and Amazon settle for $US2.5bn over Prime subscriptions 
• FTC takes Ticketmaster to court over resales and price and ticket limits 
• ASIC press release and press conference on ANZ agreed penalties 
• Treasury's Final Report in its review of AI and the ACL 
• G+T on Treasury's consultation on non-competes 
• ABC on the rebel R360 league and eligibility for internationals  
• Treasury and ACCC announce the new ACCC Commissioner 
• Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team 

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