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Criminal cartel sentences in Aussie Skips, Bingo cases
Criminal cartel sentences for Bingo and Aussie Skis
Swift Networks $1.2 m penalty for bid rigging
Following joint submissions and admissions by Swift, the Federal Court ordered Swift to pay $1.2 million in penalties for cartel conduct (bid rigging)
Record cartel penalty
Record cartel penalty against BlueScope steel for attempted price fixing
Delta and Director attempted to bid rig National tender
The Federal Court found Delta and its sole director attempted to rig a bid in connection with a National Gallery of Australia tender
ARM ordered to pay penalty for bid rigging
ARM and Allen penalised for an attempt to induce a cartel; conduct involved bid rigging of a tender at Charles Darwin University
Aussie Skips & CEO plead guilty to criminal cartel conduct
The guilty pleas relate to allegations that Aussie Skips and Bingo Industries agreed to increase and fix prices for the supply of skip bins and related services.
Full Federal Court dismisses NSW Ports appeal
The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by the ACCC in its proceedings against NSW Ports.
ACCC alleges cartel at WA mining camps
ACCC alleges bid rigging and price fixing in relation to tender to supply equipment.
Watchdog Podcast on the ACCC v Google case
Listen to a neat 23min Podcast discussing the December 2022 judgment of the Federal Court dismissing the ACCC’s misleading conduct case against Google.
NQ Cranes to pay $1m penalty after admitting cartel conduct
NQ Cranes admit cartel conduct.
Ex Bingo CEO pleads guilty to aiding and abetting price fixing
Bingo’s former manager and CEO has pleaded guilty to cartel offences.
Penalties of $420,000 ordered in bid rigging case
The Federal Court ordered two Sydney suppliers of slate roofing services and the directors of each business to pay penalties for cartel conduct.
First individual sentences for cartel conduct
The Federal Court (Justice Abraham) has imposed the first individual prison sentences for cartel conduct in Australia. All prison terms were suspended.
CFMEU and J Hutchinson to pay penalties for boycott
Penalties totaling 1.35m for boycott in contravention of competition laws
Bingo Industries pleads guilty to demolition waste cartel
Bingo Industries pleads guilty to price fixing cartel
Peters Ice Cream ordered to pay $12m penalty for exclusive dealing
Peters admits to exclusive dealing in relation to single-wrapped ice-creams.
ACCC alleges RPM by Techtronic
The ACCC alleges Techtronic engaged in resale price maintenance in relation to certain power tools between 2015-2021.
ACCC granted interlocutory injunction in IVF merger case
ACCC succeeds in obtaining interlocutory injunction restraining Virtus Health from completing its acquisition of Adora Fertility until the ACCC’s proceedings challenging the merger are finalised
Tag cloud
- accc
- access
- agriculture
- anti-competitive agreements
- artificial intelligence
- authorisation
- big tech
- boycott
- cartels
- cdpp
- class exemption
- code of conduct
- collective bargaining
- competition policy
- concealed data practices
- concerted practices
- conference
- consumer data right
- consumer law
- cooperation and immunity
- COVID-19
- criminal cartels
- digital platforms
- enforceable undertakings
- exclusive dealing
- federal court
- guidelines
- high court
- icn
- industry code
- informal merger clearance
- inquiries
- intellectual property
- international
- joint venture
- judgments
- legislation
- liner shipping
- litigation
- loyalty program
- market definition
- market study
- mergers
- misleading conduct
- misuse of market power
- news media
- notification
- penalties
- predatory pricing
- privacy
- private actions
- regulated industries
- reports
- resale price maintenance
- reviews
- rpm
- small business
- speech
- statement of issues
- supermarket
- telecommunications
- tribunal