Greenland: Romany Webb on regulatory whiplash and the future of energy in the US

Romany Webb, Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University takes us through the whiplash of the energy transition in the United States, from the Green New Deal to Drill Baby Drill, and how governments and courts have made and remade climate policy. Plus IAG and R…

The Equalizer: Commissioner Luke Woodward on the new era of enforcement at the ACCC

Commissioner Luke Woodward takes us through the ACCC's evolving approach to enforcement – from undertakings and infringement notices to dawn raids and court action – and how the ACCC is grappling with, and using, AI. Plus the latest merger reform reforms recalibrate the new regime; the one remedy t…

1.21GW: Jamie Guthrie and Geoff Petersen with the good news on the energy transition

Energy partner Jamie Guthrie and Competition partner Geoff Petersen give us some good news on the energy transition, along with the challenges that lie ahead -- what the governments and energy networks are doing, the impact of data centres, how to finance it all, and a quasi-carbon tax. Plus merger…

That’s a RAP! Reconciliation, competition law and the corporate challenge

That's a RAP: First Nations leaders Rachel Perkins, Fiona Jose and Shane Phillips join us at the Sydney launch of G+T's new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan. What's a RAP, what's a Stretch RAP, what's our RAP, and what's the competition and consumer connection? Plus optimism and pessimism, model …

Twenty Twenty Six: Elizabeth Avery on international antitrust, merger review and theories of harm after the World Cup

Partner Elizabeth Avery gives us a world tour of new directions in competition law, theories of harm and merger review both here and overseas, and lessons from our role in the Paramount / Warner Bros merger. Plus news you can use on all the Phase 2s, declarations and exemptions in exceptional circu…

The Thursday Merger Club: Tanya Macdonald and Haidee Leung on the first year of the new merger regime

Partner Tanya Macdonald and Special Counsel Haidee Leung join us to talk about the first year of the new merger regime -- half-voluntary, half-mandatory -- how it started, how it's going, what's changed and the changes to come. Plus exceptional circumstances call for exceptional measures, the ACCC …

The Running Man: Dr Andrew Leigh MP on AI, National Competition Policy, non-competes and unfair trading practices

Dr Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury joins us to talk about AI, the revitalised National Competition Policy, non-competes and unfair trading practices, and competition on the field and in the economy. Plus, marathons and ultramarathons, the ParaS…

Smoke and Stack: Professor Julian Wright on competition and regulation up and down the AI stack.

Professor Julian Wright from the National University of Singapore joins us to talk about competition and regulation up and down the AI stack -- from the chips to the chatbots and everything in between. Is it winner-takes-all or winner-takes most? Will the digital platforms displace the new labs? An…

TSLRIC Poetry: Dr Lilla Csorgo on merger control, ex ante regulation, economics and literature

Dr Lilla Csorgo, lay member of the High Court of New Zealand, joins us to talk about being Chief Economist in three different countries, approaches to ex ante regulation and merger control, being approximately correct vs precisely wrong, and whether fiction and economics have anything in common. Pl…

Bannerman - The Legend of Ron Bannerman: ACCC Commissioner Luke Woodward on the development of competition law in Australia and the centrality of enforcement

ACCC Commissioner Luke Woodward delivered this year's Bannerman Competition Lecture (jointly hosted by the Business Law Section of the LCA and the ACCC), tracking the development of trade practices and competition law in Australia, the enduring influence of its first Commissioner and Chair and the …