Kieran Pender from the Human Rights Law Centre joins us to talk about whistleblowers -- how they're protected, how they engage with regulators, the changes that could be coming, and how businesses can encourage accountability in their own culture and processes. Plus the new merger notification waiver form; firings, re-hirings and re-firings in the US antitrust agencies; Google wins, loses or draws on penalties; the ACCC's purple patch in cartel enforcement and the last informal merger reviews race for the finish line. All this and morels with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive Edge podcast.

Breaking News:
All three judgments and 750,000 words of the Epic Games and class action cases against Apple and Google are now available: Epic v Apple, Epic v Google and all the class action action. Justice Beach has indicated he may be up for additional reasons or judgments on the non-section 46 issues so we may yet break the million-word mark.

Links:
G+T's analysis of the draft Waiver Notification form
CJ John Roberts stays the Appeal Court's stay of the stay
Young MacGyver pilot
The District Court's penalty decision in US v Google
ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb's address to the Competition and Consumer Workshop
New cartel enforcement actions in cranes and cauliflower
Commitments and understandings in the Delta and BlueScope appeals
Fisk S02E06 - "Snitches get Riches" on ABC iView
The last days of chez public informal merger review
Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieranpender/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieranpender/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2e7NpG0KU8CUTEIL0wkyJ4">Kieran Pender</a>&nbsp;from the Human Rights Law Centre joins us to talk about whistleblowers -- how they're protected, how they engage with regulators, the changes that could be coming, and how businesses can encourage accountability in their own culture and processes. Plus the new merger notification waiver form; firings, re-hirings and re-firings in the US antitrust agencies; Google wins, loses or draws on penalties; the ACCC's purple patch in cartel enforcement and the last informal merger reviews race for the finish line. All this and morels with co-hosts&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/moyadodd/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/moyadodd/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3wuaRG7NMZNu32YtdTyfVH">Moya Dodd</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-rubinstein-8b7711133/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-rubinstein-8b7711133/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17MaybfWradd2KAJt4sjdK">Matt Rubinstein</a> of The Competitive Edge podcast.
Breaking News:
<ul>
<li>All three judgments and 750,000 words of the Epic Games and class action cases against Apple and Google are now available:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca0900" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca0900&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1bvdkWxajPPkURve9QJZIl">Epic v Apple</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca0901" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca0901&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14rn2tTTYofoIM7z8_zvPi">Epic v Google</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca0902" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca0902&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw04BJubq-3cud-Keoxs5MvI">all the class action action</a>. Justice Beach has indicated he may be up for additional reasons or judgments on the non-section 46 issues so we may yet break the million-word mark.</li>
</ul>
Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.gtlaw.com.au/insights/treasury-consults-on-notification-waivers-for-the-merger-reform" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gtlaw.com.au/insights/treasury-consults-on-notification-waivers-for-the-merger-reform&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OnZuc5inkcYkhRVDckLTt">G+T's analysis</a>&nbsp;of the draft Waiver Notification form</li>
<li>CJ John Roberts&nbsp;<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25A264.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25A264.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14UP5flKvDAFZBeSRE_dFg">stays</a>&nbsp;the Appeal Court's&nbsp;<a href="https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/2025/09/25-5261LDSN2.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/2025/09/25-5261LDSN2.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Ztuj_hNU7f_PQNEJLvmwR">stay of the stay</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kp8nM9_-4" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dh9kp8nM9_-4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0E0nyY_EfNPNxqrMm49lKH">Young MacGyver</a>&nbsp;pilot</li>
<li>The District Court's&nbsp;<a href="https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv3010-1436" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv3010-1436&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JqTurWi9prH0ofGHpq-Ip">penalty decision</a>&nbsp;in US v Google</li>
<li>ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/news/speeches/2025-competition-and-consumer-workshop-accc-keynote-address" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/news/speeches/2025-competition-and-consumer-workshop-accc-keynote-address&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2yijNElHz-OSkMI8CKrM47">address to the Competition and Consumer Workshop</a></li>
<li>New cartel enforcement actions in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/four-mobile-crane-companies-in-court-over-alleged-cartel-activity" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/four-mobile-crane-companies-in-court-over-alleged-cartel-activity&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3r_k0Hk_oOhsRIEkuYX5r2">cranes</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-takes-court-action-against-fresh-produce-suppliers-for-alleged-price-fixing-cartel" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-takes-court-action-against-fresh-produce-suppliers-for-alleged-price-fixing-cartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Xtg4HjW2KSJ9Wzz3GSILa">cauliflower</a></li>
<li>Commitments and understandings in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/full-court-dismisses-appeal-by-delta-building-automation-in-attempted-cartel-case-brought-by-the-accc" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/full-court-dismisses-appeal-by-delta-building-automation-in-attempted-cartel-case-brought-by-the-accc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0jjPE0JS6gYy8p51yzD0xY">Delta</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/court-upholds-record-penalty-in-acccs-cartel-case-against-bluescope" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/court-upholds-record-penalty-in-acccs-cartel-case-against-bluescope&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw202ZOn9LvtdgbAZis1BzxQ">BlueScope</a>&nbsp;appeals</li>
<li>Fisk&nbsp;S02E06 -&nbsp;<a href="https://iview.abc.net.au/show/fisk/series/2/video/CO2102V006S00" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iview.abc.net.au/show/fisk/series/2/video/CO2102V006S00&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0GxE73zG7chevDypqlTcr1" data-ms-video-processed="true">"Snitches get Riches"</a>&nbsp;on ABC iView</li>
<li>The last days of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/mergers-and-acquisitions-registers/public-informal-merger-reviews-register" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/mergers-and-acquisitions-registers/public-informal-merger-reviews-register&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Da0un9CmaJGQ_UFkqTt7J">chez public informal merger review</a></li>
<li>Meet the Gilbert + Tobin&nbsp;<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=1758169246870000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0NFtnFORrsjh8wJZsQfTyq">Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation</a>&nbsp;team</li>
<li>Email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:edge@gtlaw.com.au">edge@gtlaw.com.au</a></li>
</ul>

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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