Competition Law News Archive
Gaire Blunt Scholarship
The Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia is offering the 4th Gaire Blunt Scholarship during 2012.
Download the flyer for details and the application form (in pdf format) or visit the Gaire Blunt Scholarship website.
In February 2011 two major books were published
For more information and to order a copy of Criminalising Cartels: Critical Studies of an International Regulatory Movement, co-edited by Caron Beaton-Wells and Ariel Ezrachi (Hart Publishing), click here (pdf file).
Melbourne Law School hosts roundtable on the Private Enforcement of Competition Law
Associate Professor Caron Beaton-Wells, Director of the University of Melbourne’s Competition Law & Economics Network, convened a “Roundtable on the Private Enforcement of Competition Law”, bringing together key stakeholders in competition law in Australia at the Melbourne Law School, on Friday 12 November 2010. Find out more about the Roundtable.
Competition Law & Economics Network
The Competition Law & Economics Network is a network of people engaged in research, teaching and other activities in areas related to competition law and economics at the University of Melbourne. Find out more by visiting the network website
Interdisciplinary Cartels Project
Associate Professor Caron Beaton-Wells is leading an exciting three year ARC-funded research project on cartel criminalisation. The interdisciplinary team includes compliance expert, Associate Professor Christine Parker; criminologist Associate Professor Fiona Haines, from the University's School of Social and Political Sciences; and trade practices economist, Professor David Round. The project will examine the impetuses for criminalisation, empirically test its likely effects on business behaviour and undertake international comparisons on enforcement policies and outcomes. To learn more about the project, visit its website.