ACCC to increase focus on evidence-gathering in merger cases
ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, yesterday delivered a speech at the annual Law Council of Australia’s Business Law Section Competition and Consumer Committee Workshop. He addressed three broad issues: the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement mix investment in the ACCC’s criminal cartel unit merger enforcement He also made two key announcements: that the ACCC is commencing a new review of its cartel immunity and cooperation policy in light of recent experience with criminal cartel investigations; and that the ACCC will be taking…