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Resentment simmers with rise of Australia's 'Section 155' information requests

By James Panichi ( September 10, 2025, 07:43 GMT | Comment) -- The use of powerful information-access laws by Australia’s antitrust regulator has increased over recent years. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission says that this uptick in “section 155” notices is merely a reflection of an increase in the watchdog’s functions. While lawyers on the receiving end of s.155 demands say that more muscular merger probes and third-party information requests are behind the recent flurry of activity.It was in 2017 that Rod Sims, at the time Australia’s top antitrust official, took to a stage to warn lawyers of a significant new dynamic in competition and merger enforcement....

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