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Regulatory cross-appointments increase trans-Tasman cooperation

Bell Gully
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Australia, New Zealand
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November 24 2010

New Zealand Commerce Minister Hon Simon Power and Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Hon David Bradbury have recently announced cross-appointments between the New Zealand Commerce Commission (the NZCC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the ACCC

Picking up on the wrong signals: flirting with danger

Bell Gully
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Australia, New Zealand
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April 8 2011

On the 24 March 2011, the Australian Government introduced the Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No.1) 2011 (the Bill) which proposes to prohibit price signalling and other anti-competitive information exchanges

Too much information - information exchange between competitors

Bell Gully
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Australia, European Union, New Zealand, United Kingdom
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March 12 2012

There are many situations in which competing firms might exchange information

Cover pricing in construction tenders: a risky business

Chapman Tripp
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Australia, New Zealand
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October 19 2011

The ACCC had a recent win in a “cover pricing” case against a construction company and its managing director: the Federal Court found the company broke the law in providing a cover price to a competing bidder

Loose lips sink ships - competition law limits on information exchange

Chapman Tripp
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Australia, New Zealand
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June 22 2011

Swapping information with competitors has always been fraught with legal risk and is about to get riskier in Australia and, potentially, in New Zealand if our Government follows Australia’s lead