USC Professor Danny Sokol  joins Partner Louise Klamka and Special Counsel Haidee Leung  to interrogate the need for digital specific regulation. Why the rush for ex ante rules?  What are the risks for Australia's transition to a more digital future? And what does all this have to do with soup? Plus two red lights from the ACCC for Qantas, what The Merge means for the future of Web3, no ports in a perfect storm for the Port of Geelong, and we creep up on small geographic markets in Woolworths' latest acquisition effort.


ACCC on Karabar then and now, and Prof Julie Clarke on Creepy Acquisitions Discussions Papers and Bills
Compare the ACCC's 2019 and 2022 Statements of Issues on Qantas/Alliance
ACCC register and media release on the Port of Geelong
Parliamentary Inquiry into the implications of common ownership and capital concentration
The Verge on The Merge
Mark Knopfler, Going Home (Theme of the Local Hero) on YouTube
Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition + Regulation team
Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

USC <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielsokol/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielsokol/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1663374457393000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iQjX5gX3624bY0uMCY4Lc">Professor Danny Sokol </a> joins Partner <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-klamka-b4882a160/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-klamka-b4882a160/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1663374457393000&amp;usg=AOvVaw289FtQDnKtMHnBe58nlMSn">Louise Klamka</a> and Special Counsel <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/haideeleung/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/haideeleung/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1663374457393000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZAvueZuefZQbMiuaeyrQQ">Haidee Leung </a> to interrogate the need for digital specific regulation. Why the rush for ex ante rules?  What are the risks for Australia's transition to a more digital future? And what does all this have to do with soup? Plus two red lights from the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/acccgovau/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/company/acccgovau/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1663374457393000&amp;usg=AOvVaw32DHrilGL4Hk9El8YUPhjO">ACCC</a> for Qantas, what The Merge means for the future of Web3, no ports in a perfect storm for the Port of Geelong, and we creep up on small geographic markets in Woolworths' latest acquisition effort.
 
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<li>ACCC on Karabar <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/mergers-registers/public-informal-merger-reviews/woolworths-limited-proposed-acquisition-of-karabar-supabarn">then</a> and <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/mergers-registers/public-informal-merger-reviews/woolworths-supa-iga-karabar">now</a>, and Prof Julie Clarke on Creepy Acquisitions <a href="https://www.australiancompetitionlaw.org/reports/2009creepingacquisitions.html">Discussions Papers</a> and <a href="https://www.australiancompetitionlaw.org/legislation/2011ccla.html">Bills</a></li>
<li>Compare the ACCC's <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/public-registers/documents/Qantas%20Alliance%20-%20Statement%20of%20Issues%20-%201%20August%202019.pdf">2019</a> and <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/mergers-registers/public-informal-merger-reviews/qantas%E2%80%99-proposed-acquisition-of-alliance-airlines">2022</a> Statements of Issues on Qantas/Alliance</li>
<li>ACCC <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/mergers-registers/public-informal-merger-reviews/spirit-super-and-palisade-investment-partners-consortium-port-of-geelong">register</a> and <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/spirit-super-and-palisade-investment-partners-consortium-decides-not-to-proceed-with-port-of-geelong-acquisition">media release</a> on the Port of Geelong</li>
<li><a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Economics/Inquiry_into_the_implications_of_common_ownership_and_capital_concentration_in_Australia">Parliamentary Inquiry</a> into the implications of common ownership and capital concentration</li>
<li>The Verge on <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/15/23354619/ethereum-cryptocurrency-merge-energy-electricity-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reduction">The Merge</a></li>
<li>Mark Knopfler, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DB-uJ0TxKQ">Going Home (Theme of the Local Hero)</a> on YouTube</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=1663374457393000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2zKbBn2STnVsAxEuiRvwXy">Competition + Regulation</a> team</li>
</ul>
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<li>Email us at <a href="mailto:edge@gtlaw.com.au">edge@gtlaw.com.au</a></li>
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