Competition and Antitrust

By: Tony Stumm, Partner and William Keating, Solicitor

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has had significant wins in the Federal Court in the latter days of April 2016 against the suppliers of two of the most common products in the average Australian’s shopping basket: pain relief medicine and laundry detergent. Given the staple status of these products, the resulting orders and penalties imposed against Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty Ltd (Reckitt Benckiser) and Colgate-Palmolive Pty Ltd (Colgate) in relation to a pain-specific range of Nurofen tablets and ultra-concentrate laundry detergents, respectively, also represent a big win for consumers.

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