Australia:
ACCC, Accurate Advertising Disclaimers and Creeping Acquisitions
Competition Quarterly - August 2011
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In this edition:
- A new era in Australian competition regulation: Rod Sims now at
the helm of the ACCC.
- Are your advertising disclaimers really effective? Optus learns
a $5.26 million lesson on the topic.
- A Pyrrhic victory or the ACCC testing the boundaries? A$2.7
million penalty but on paper only.
- The creeping tale of creeping acquisitions ...
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