By Elizabeth Avery, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Catherine Dermody, Moya Dodd, Simon Snow, Peter Waters, Luke Woodward
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia dismissed the ACCC's appeal from Emmett J's decision in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Metcash Trading Ltd [2011] FCA 1079, in effect giving Metcash the green light to complete its $215 million acquisition of Franklins.
By Drew & Napier LLC
On 23 November 2011, the Competition Commission of Singapore (“CCS”) issued an infringement decision against 11 modelling agencies for fixing fees for modelling services in Singapore under the aegis of its trade association, the Association of Modelling Industry Professionals (“AMIP”).
By Elizabeth Avery, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Catherine Dermody, Simon Snow, Luke Woodward
On 24 November 2011, the Senate passed the Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011 (Bill) with no amendments. The Bill will amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to prohibit anti-competitive price signalling and will commence 6 months after it receives Royal Assent.
Published by Global Competition Review
By: HMBC Rikrik Rizkiyana, Albert Bpy Situmorang, and Wisnu Wardhana
Excerpt for Indonesia from Merger Control 2012 published by Global Competition Review
Published by Global Competition Review
By: HMBC Rikrik Rizkiyana, Vovo Iswanto, Albert Boy Situmorang, Anindya E. Swasajana
Excerpt for Indonesia from The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2011 published by Global Competition Review