Comment: How court rulings reinvigorated Australia's 'attempted to induce' antitrust offenses
By James Panichi ( August 16, 2023, 07:16 GMT | Comment) -- Two recent court decisions in Australia have given the country’s competition enforcer renewed hope in its pursuit of potential cartelists found to be attempting to induce others into anticompetitive arrangements. When seen together, the Federal Court rulings in the BlueScope Steel and Delta Building Automation cases suggest that competitors meeting to discuss their business interests are now at risk — even if they’re careful not to ask their rivals for specific commitments.You’d be forgiven for thinking that the recent lawsuit brought against Australian ventilation-maintenance company Delta Building Automation was a corruption prosecution. Extraordinary revelations pointing to a network of intrigue involving companies bidding for a tender with Australia’s national art gallery became hard to ignore — particularly as they enveloped staff and external consultants....
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