The Australian Competition Authority fines and convicts a former general manager of a national steel-producing company for obstructing a cartel investigation (BlueScope Steel)

Zuk, Tihana; McKellar, John

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16 Dec 2020

The Australian Competition Authority fines and convicts a former general manager of a national steel-producing company for obstructing a cartel investigation (BlueScope Steel)

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Australian Competition Authority, BlueScope Steel, Press release, 16 December 2020

In December 2020, Jason Ellis, a former general manager of sales and marketing at BlueScope Steel Limited ("BlueScope"), was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment (suspended) and ordered to pay a A$10,000 fine, for inciting the obstruction of an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") into alleged price fixing by BlueScope and Mr Ellis. This was the first time an individual had been charged with, and convicted of, inciting the obstruction of an ACCC investigation. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - KEY TAKEWAYSInciting the

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Tihana Zuk
Ashurst (Sydney)

Australia 6 contributions 540 visits
John McKellar
Ashurst (Sydney)

Australia 4 contributions 400 visits

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Tihana Zuk, John McKellar, The Australian Competition Authority fines and convicts a former general manager of a national steel-producing company for obstructing a cartel investigation (BlueScope Steel), 16 December 2020, e-Competitions Criminal sanctions, Art. N° 99199

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