competition/antitrust law: September 2007 Archives
This just gets weirder and weirder... After reporting three days ago that Telstra were suing Senator Coonan for the second time, Telstra has accused Coonan of having "misled members of the public to believe they are unable to acquire
services from Telstra and that they can only acquire those services
from Telstra's competitors." Telstra have reportedly asked the ACCC to investigate. Good luck establishing that Coonan's statements were made "in trade or commerce."
The judgment of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in ACCC v Dataline.net.au Pty Ltd will be handed down this afternoon in the Federal Court in Brisbane, at 2:15pm, in courtroom 2 on level 7.
This is an appeal from the judgment of Kiefel J in ACCC v Dataline.net.au Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 1427. I'll post an update on the judgment later tonight.
[UPDATE: The appeal was dismissed. Greenwood J gave no reasons in court, and I'm still waiting for the judgment to appear on Austlii.]
[Further update: As of 5pm Friday, the judgment is not yet on Austlii. It seems unlikely that it will appear before Monday, so commentary on the judgment itself will be delayed. If I'm feeling particularly inspired over the weekend, I may post something about the ACCC's statement of claim, and the judgment at first instance.]
This is an appeal from the judgment of Kiefel J in ACCC v Dataline.net.au Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 1427. I'll post an update on the judgment later tonight.
[UPDATE: The appeal was dismissed. Greenwood J gave no reasons in court, and I'm still waiting for the judgment to appear on Austlii.]
[Further update: As of 5pm Friday, the judgment is not yet on Austlii. It seems unlikely that it will appear before Monday, so commentary on the judgment itself will be delayed. If I'm feeling particularly inspired over the weekend, I may post something about the ACCC's statement of claim, and the judgment at first instance.]
