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Comment: Australia's master antitrust lawyer goes from poacher to gamekeeper

By Ryan Cropp and James Panichi ( March 6, 2024, 05:58 GMT | Comment) -- Two years into her leadership of Australia’s antitrust regulator, former corporate attorney Gina Cass-Gottlieb has already defied expectations. At the time of her appointment, many had predicted she would focus her energies on enforcing the law, rather than changing it. Since then, however, Cass-Gottlieb has waged a high-profile campaign to overhaul the country’s merger laws, insisting that change is necessary for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to do its job. But the key antitrust battles that will define her tenure have yet to be fought.Australia’s preeminent antitrust lawyer has a new client. This time, though, Gina Cass-Gottlieb isn’t advocating for captains of industry or corporate giants, but for the country’s consumers....

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