Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Valve Corporation (No 6) [2016] FCA 1348 File number: NSD 886 of 2014
Judge: EDELMAN J
Date of judgment: 15 November 2016
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for confidentiality orders – no present risk of disclosure –proposed orders expressed to bind the Court or the world at large – some information already in public domain – vague assertions of prejudice – application dismissed
Legislation: Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37AF, 37AG(1)(a) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 2.32, 2.32(4)
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Valve Corporation (No 3) [2016] FCA 196 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Valve Corporation (No 5) [2016] FCA 741 Pegang Mining Co Ltd v Choong Sam [1969] 2 MLJ 52 State of Victoria v Sutton [1998] HCA 56; (1998) 195 CLR 291
Date of hearing: 15 November 2016
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Regulator and Consumer Protection
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 19
Counsel for the Applicant: Ms NL Sharp
Solicitor for the Applicant: Thomson Geer
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr ADB Fox
Solicitor for the Respondent: PricewaterhouseCoopers
ORDERS NSD 886 of 2014
BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION Applicant
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