The Competitive Edge – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Partner Louise Klamka takes us down the catwalk where fashion meets competition law. Is the Birkin bag in a market of its own? Is "accessible luxury" a contradiction in terms or a reason to keep Tapestry away from Capri? And how does this relate to industrial relations and ESG-washing? Plus supermarket discounts and the new Food and Grocery Code; new directions for competition law in the European Commission and the Courts; and the Australian Competition Tribunal gets ready for its new role in the merger review framework. All this and More Songs about Buildings and Food with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. 

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New ACCC Commissioner Dr Philip Williams AM trades a long history in economics in the private sector and academia for a crucial role with the competition regulator. He joins partner Simon Muys to discuss the history and future of competition law and economics, from misuse of market power to the structure–conduct–performance paradigm. Plus we examine the proposed merger notification thresholds; Disney's in court for unfair contract terms and a sports joint venture; the new anti-siphoning list gets a workout; the CMA investigates Ticketmaster over Oasis tickets; and the long awaited amendments to the Privacy Act finally land. All this and dynamic pricing with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.    

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• NPR on Trading Places and the Eddie Murphy rule 
• G+T on the draft notification thresholds and their place in the new merger framework 
• More about motorway interchange design than you probably need to know 
• The Conversation on Disney's arbitration clause 
• Judge Margaret M. Garnett issues a preliminary injunction against the Venu sports streaming joint venture 
• The BBC on Oasis and Ticketmaster and Choice on dynamic pricing   
• G+T on the first tranche of amendments to the Privacy Act 
• The Bundeskartellamt on applying the Remondis clause to Remondis 
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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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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
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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 
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G+T partner Ilona Millar and Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association Co-Chair Rae Lindsay on global ESG trends, corporate sustainability in Europe, and the unfolding impacts on Australian companies in the first part of a double-header on the emerging field of business and human rights.  

Plus the Tribunal overturns the ref's call on the ANZ/Suncorp merger authorisation, but it's not all bad news for the ACCC; ex-post reviews of mergers; near-record criminal fines for a cartel; and even more Wonka and antitrust in pop culture.  

All this and more next week with co-hosts  Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  

• G+T on the Tribunal's authorisation of the ANZ/Suncorp merger 

• The ACCC's second ex-post review of past merger decisions 

• Mumbrella on Take 5's all-time classic headlines 

• ACCC on the criminal penalties in the waste cartel 

• Autorité de la Chalomet on the French chocolate cartel 

• Wikipedia on the incredible AI-assisted Willy's Chocolate Experience (archived) 

• Spencer Weber Waller's "A Pop Culture Guide to Antitrust" and sequel 

• Ben Stein on the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act and the Laffer Curve 

• ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb's AFR op-ed on digital platform regulation 

• Shop Talk: G+T's latest consumer law update   

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Partners Elizabeth Avery and Simon Muys take us through the latest on the merger reform debate, how the ACCC's position has evolved and how its package deal might be unbundled.  

Plus time is a flat circle with supermarket inquiries and the cozzie livs, disrupting the Chocolate Cartel with Willy Dubs, expensive typos from Mariner I to the latest real estate scams, and dance hall revivals from West Ham to "No Whyalla Wipeout".  

All this and more AI fingers with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive Edge Podcast. 

• The great dance hall merger of 1926 via Trove 

• Macquarie Dictionary's word of the year for 2023 

• Cost of living and supermarket price inquiries from Prof Allan Fels, the Senate Select Committee, and Dr Craig Emerson 

• Skyhooks, "Horror Movie" for no particular reason 

• Justus Haucap & Christina Heldman, "On the sociology of cartels", European Journal of Law and Economics (2023) 56:289-323 

• The most expensive hyphen in history and a fairly expensive "s" 

• Elizabeth and Simon on merger reform in the AFR 

• Submissions to Treasury on merger reform from the ACCC (1 2 3) and the Law Council of Australia (1 2) 

• The Tech team on deepfakes and Peter Waters on AI in the law 

• Nadia Buttendorf's FINGERring vs Sam Kerr in the AFR.  

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Special Counsel Amelia McKellar guides us through the multiverse of multijurisdictional ("MJ") mergers, and how to navigate the conjunction of thresholds, deadlines, agencies and advisers and arrive at the singularity of success. Plus submissions at 20 paces in the merger reform debate, Apple tells the regulators they've been holding it wrong, lessons in Wonkanomics, and a busy year ahead for the ACCC … All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. 

• • Submissions from the ACCC and the Law Council on the merger reform proposals
  • Apple's changes in response to the European Digital Markets Act
  • The Maine milk-truck drivers and the Oxford comma
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Cartel
  • Illumina lets go of Grail
  • The ACCC's new Supermarkets Inquiry 2024-25

• The inaugural 2nd Anniversary End of Year Holiday Season Speak Now Podcast Survey 

• Try the new competition law-themed cryptic crossword at crossword.info/edge 

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OECD Competition Committee Chair Professor Frédéric Jenny joins us to talk about the long arc of the competition law universe, from the Chicago School through COVID to climate change, digital platforms and artificial intelligence. Plus motorways and Rebel Wilson, the inaugural GCR Live conference in Sydney, greenwashing ocean-bound plastics, both kinds of RPM, the Government response to Reppo No. 5 and the ACCC's call for ex ante regulation, and Epic's saga against Google. All this and a new competition law cryptic crossword with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein 

• The inaugural 2nd Anniversary End of Year Holiday Season Speak Now Podcast Survey 

• Try the new competition law-themed cryptic crossword at crossword.info/edge 

• OECD Roundtable on Competition and Professional Sports ft. Moya Dodd 

• GCR reporting on the merger proposals, cartel enforcement and keynote address 

• All the options on the Android search engine choice pages 

• ACCC on ocean plastic* yoghurt tubs and ACC on avocado injuries  

• Techtronic RPM vs Technotronic RPM 

• Government response to DPSI5 recommendations 

• Donald Knuth's Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures 

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Even as maximum corporate penalties go through the roof, there may be more deterrence in pursuing a business's officers and employees. Partner Liana Witt talks us through individual liability for competition law contraventions and how not to end up as the anti-hero. Plus Treasury consults on changes to the merger process; new leadership and new expectations for the Productivity Commission; the High Court hits the ground running; and when's the ACCC going to drop another competition court case? All this and evermore with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

• The inaugural 2nd Anniversary End of Year Holiday Season Speak Now Podcast Survey
• G+T on the Treasury consultation on merger review process proposals
• MLex on the ACCC's Marcus Bezzi and the merger reform proposals
• Two A.I. "covers" of Taylor Swift singing Radiohead's "Creep"
• More on Alex Morgan and Taylor Swift
• New Productivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood on the ABC's 7.30
• High Court Ceremonial Sittings for Gageler CJ and Beech-Jones J
• "Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison" by Joe Garcia in The New Yorker
• MLex, "Has the will to win chilled the Australian watchdog's antitrust-enforcement campaign?"
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