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ACCC does not oppose ANZ Terminals, GrainCorp Deal

The ACCC has indicated it will not oppose ANZ Terminals Pty Ltd’s proposed acquisition of GrainCorp Bulk Liquid Terminals after ANZ Terminals provided a court-enforceable undertaking to divest its Osborne facility in South Australia and after GrainCorp’s bulk liquid facility at Port Kembla was excluded from the transaction. The undertaking to divest and exclusion of the Port Kembla facility were sufficient to alleviate the ACCC’s competition concerns.

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Bankers can quiz JPMorgan execs

Magistrate Megan Greenwood will allow bankers accused of cartel conduct to question JPMorgan executives (immunity applicants) about how evidence was collected and how immunity was negotiated in case alleging cartel conduct by ANZ, Citi and Deutsche:

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ACCC does not oppose Propel Funeral's acquisition

The ACCC will not oppose Propel Funerals’ proposed acquisition of Gregson & Weight.

The ACCC determined that the acquisition would be unlikely to substantially reduce competition in the supply of funeral director services in the Sunshine Coast region.

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AFR: 'ACCC to sue Google over Unlockd'

AFR reports that the ACCC is in ‘advanced stages of preparing evidence to launch legal action related to the demise of former mobile advertising technology high-flyer Unlockd’, alleging misuse of market power under s 46 of the Act.

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Baxt Lecture 2019

The 10th Annual Baxt lecturer was held on Tuesday 15 October 2019

The keynote speaker was Prof Christopher Yoo, speaking on ‘Competition Law and “Big Data”: what Does it Mean for Data to Be “Big”?’ This was followed by a panel discussion on the consumer data right.

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