On 4 March 2025, the ACCC released its much-anticipated guidance on how it proposes to manage the transition to Australia's new mandatory merger control regime. The guidance strongly suggests that, if the ACCC does not...more
On 20 February 2025, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced the ACCC's 2025-26 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities. The ACCC's priorities continue to target conduct...more
In recent years, sustainability and ESG compliance have become pivotal factors in consumer purchasing decisions. The fashion industry – from luxury to high street brands to online fast fashion retailers – as a significant...more
12/19/2024
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Climate Change ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
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EU ,
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Fashion Industry ,
France ,
Germany ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Italy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Luxury Goods ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
UK ,
United States
Australia’s mandatory suspensory merger control regime will come into force on 1 January 2026 following the passing of legislation by both houses of Parliament, representing a major shift for businesses, their advisors and...more
12/2/2024
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Australia ,
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ,
Competition ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Notification Requirements ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Threshold Requirements
In recent years, sustainability and ESG compliance have become pivotal factors in consumer purchasing decisions. The luxury fashion industry, as a significant contributor to CO2 emissions, faces increasing scrutiny in this...more
11/26/2024
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Carbon Emissions ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Competition ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fashion Industry ,
France ,
Germany ,
Greenwashing ,
Italy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Luxury Goods ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sustainability ,
UK ,
United States
Australia’s shift to a mandatory merger control regime has reached another milestone with the Government introducing the proposed laws into Parliament on 10 October 2024. If enacted, notifiable transactions that trigger...more
On July 24 2024, the Australian Federal Government released its long-awaited exposure draft legislation to amend Australia's current informal merger clearance process to a mandatory merger control regime (Exposure Draft)...more
Voluntary AI Ethics Principles guide responsible AI development in Australia, with potential reforms under consideration.
Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”)
Australia has not yet enacted any...more
Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), this week announced the ACCC's 2024-25 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities.1 The ACCC's priorities continue to be shaped by the key...more
The Australian Government has commenced consultation on options to reform Australia's merger regime, including a shift to a mandatory suspensory regime. Businesses have until 19 January 2024 to respond to the consultation....more
The Competition Review announced by the Australian Government on 23 August 2023 is well underway. A Competition Taskforce has been established, with the scope of the Review broad - extending beyond the current competition...more
White & Case Global Antitrust Merger StatPak (WAMS)—the first real-time clearinghouse for global merger notification data—has analyzed merger notifications in reporting jurisdictions around the first half of calendar year...more
9/28/2023
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Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
EU ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
OECD ,
Popular ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
UK
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
8/10/2023
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Australia ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Emerging Technologies ,
EU ,
France ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Investment Adviser ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Microsoft ,
Patent Infringement ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Factors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Korea ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
Web Browsers
Welcome to the first edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! With both the temperature and artificial intelligence developments heating up, the time is ripe to provide periodic updates this summer on recent legal...more
7/20/2023
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Australia ,
China ,
Competition ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Infrastructure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Japan ,
New Rules ,
Singapore ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
On 26 April 2023, the Australian Federal Government published its proposed Mandatory Code of Conduct for the supply of wholesale gas in the East Coast Gas Market. The draft Code continues the existing $12/GJ price cap...more
Many Australian businesses have determined the upcoming changes to the unfair contracts regime to be a low risk on the basis that they do not deal directly with consumers or that the businesses they deal with are not...more
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced its 2023-24 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities this week.1 The priorities are weighted towards protecting consumers in a year characterised by...more