Practice area
Competition Regulatory Monitoring.
ACCC enforcement, merger authorisations, and consumer law updates across B2B and B2C markets.
Sources we monitor
- ACCC — media releases, authorisations, enforcement actions
- Competition Tribunal — merger authorisation reviews
- Federal Court of Australia — competition and consumer law judgments
- Treasury — competition policy reforms
- AER — energy market competition matters
Topics covered
- Merger reform (formal clearance regime from 1 January 2026)
- Unfair contract terms extension to small business
- Digital platform regulation (News Media Bargaining, targeted consumer rules)
- Cartel conduct enforcement
- ACL penalties and consumer guarantees
- Country-of-origin labelling and misleading representations
Recent developments we've surfaced
Representative sample
A selection of items classified into the competition cluster over the last year — the sort of development your weekly digest would have flagged.
- 1 Jan 2026ACCCFormal merger clearance regime commences — new mandatory notification thresholds and monetary limits
- 9 Sept 2025ACCCUnfair Contract Terms — first small-business case decided under the expanded regime (pecuniary penalties)
- 22 Apr 2025ACCCDigital Platforms Inquiry — 6th interim report: advertising technology services
Items shown are a curated sample of public regulator releases. Real digests are classified against your firm's practice profile and delivered weekly.
Frequently asked questions
Do you flag merger authorisation applications?
Yes — new authorisations and notifications are picked up from the ACCC public register and tagged for industries affecting our clients.
Are penalty decisions tracked?
Federal Court competition judgments feed in daily via the FCA judgments RSS feed. Pecuniary penalty decisions are auto-tagged as high relevance.
Is the new merger regime covered in detail?
Yes. The transition to the formal clearance regime is a dedicated topic cluster, with every ACCC and Treasury release tracked as released.
Do you cover digital-platform inquiries?
Yes — successive Digital Platforms Inquiry reports, News Media Bargaining Code developments, and associated regulatory guidance are all in scope.
Are unfair contract terms cases surfaced?
Yes — ACCC enforcement and Federal Court UCT judgments are auto-tagged, with separate flags for B2B and B2C matters.
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