By Associate Professor Rob Nicholls

Book Chapters

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Platforms, Privacy and Antitrust: Analysing the Australian Digital Platforms Inquiry', in Viscasillas PP; Martín-Laborda AR (ed.), The Digital Economy: Regulatory, Contractual and Competition Aspects, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain, pp. 51 - 76, https://editorial.tirant.com/es/ebook/the-digital-economy-regulatory-contractual-and-competition-aspects-lastiri-santiago-monica-9788413559285

Nicholls R, 2020, 'Algorithm-Driven Collusive Conduct', in Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith R (ed.), Research Handbook on Methods and Models of Competition Law, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England, pp. 138 - 166

Nicholls R; Garcia Garcia S; Barclay K, 2020, 'The Multiple Meanings of Fish: Policy Disconnections Australian Seafood Governance', in Probyn E; Johnston K; Lee N (ed.), Sustaining Seas Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 75 - 86

Nicholls R, 2015, 'The National Broadband Network', in Menadue J; Keating M (ed.), Fairness, Opportunity and Security: Filling the Policy Vacuum, pp. 239 - 248

Nicholls RJ, 2014, 'Broadcasting Regulation', in Griffen-Foley B (ed.), A Companion to the Australian Media, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, Victoria, http://www.scholarly.info/media/

Nicholls RJ, 2014, 'Telstra', in Griffen-Foley B (ed.), A Companion to the Australian Media, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 469 - 470, http://www.scholarly.info/media/

Nicholls R, 2010, 'Chapter 8: For What it’s Worth: Cost Benefit Analysis of the use of Interception and Access in Australia', in Bronnitt S; Harfield C; Michael K (ed.), The Implications of Covert Policing: The Fourth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security, 2009-, University of Wollongong Press, the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, Faculty of Law, Wollongong, Australia, pp. 63 - 77

Nicholls R; Rowland M, 2007, 'Chapter 7. Message in a Bottle: Stored Communications Interception as Practised in Australia', in Michael K; Michael M (ed.), The Second Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security (from Dataveillance to Uberveillance and the Realpolitik of the Transparent Society), University of Wollongong, IP Location-Based Services Research Program (Faculty of Informatics) and Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention (Faculty of Law), Wollongong, Australia, pp. 83 - 96

Journal articles

Nicholls R, 2022, 'Informed Consent to Online Standard Form Agreements', Global Privacy Law Review, 3, pp. 163 - 176

Nicholls R, 2022, 'Reform in Australia: A Focus on Informed Consent', Global Privacy Law Review, 3, pp. 177 - 189

Kyle S; Nicholls R, 2022, 'Complaints Management in Australian Universities: Effectiveness, Reliability, and Recommendations for Improvement', The Arbitrator and Mediator, pp. 27 - 37, https://www.resolution.institute/resources/journal-articles/the-arbitrator-and-mediator-july-2022?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mediation%20ADR%20Adjudication%20Arbitration%20Restorative%20Family%20Dispute%20Training&_zs=s1mIm&_zl=eIgG2

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Merger Movements: International Coordination of Merger Clearance Policy', Australian Business Law Review, 49, pp. 145 - 145, https://anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I14315ef311b711ecae8d91026967941e/View/FullText.html?comp=wlau&transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Valuing News: The Australian News Media Bargaining Code', Intermedia -London-, https://www.iicom.org/intermedia/vol-49-issue-2/valuing-news-the-australian-newsmedia-bargaining-code/

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Regtech as an Antitrust Enforcement Tool', Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, 9, pp. 135 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaenfo/jnaa011

Garcia Garcia S; Barclay K; Nicholls R, 2021, 'Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia', Ocean & Coastal Management, 202, pp. 105494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105494

Garcia SG; Barclay K; Nicholls R, 2021, 'Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia', Ocean and Coastal Management, 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105494

Kayis D; Nicholls R, 2020, 'When the carrot resembles a stick: The exclusion of concerted practices from the ACCC’s revised immunity policy', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 27, pp. 187 - 210, https://primoa.library.unsw.edu.au/permalink/f/jhud33/UNSW_ALMA61221415540001731

Nicholls R, 2020, 'When Code is Law: Bargains Between News Publishers and Platforms', Competition Policy International, https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/when-code-is-law-bargains-between-news-publishers-and-platforms/

Nicholls R; Vezzoso S, 2020, 'Decentralised digital ecosystems and competition law: a conceptual framework', ECLR: European Competition Law Review, 41, pp. 345 - 355, https://uk-westlaw-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/Document/I44889C00A57D11EA8E70E8EA395A8A07/View/FullText.html?navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad74035000001730794e43d1dcfa06a%3FNav%3DUK-JOURNALS-PUBLICATION%26fragmentIdentifier%3DI44889C00A57D11EA8E70E8EA395A8A07%26parentRank%3D0%26startIndex%3D1%26contextData%3D%2528sc.Default%2529%26transitionType%3DSearchItem&listSource=Search&listPageSource=161dd5512ba710d02f6e87f06fd1f04b&list=UK-JOURNALS-PUBLICATION&rank=6&sessionScopeId=76c819e4727449a0267245f405d424b1986acbcd586c16dcbdbfcac7fb9ed7e0&originationContext=Search+Result&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=%28sc.Default%29&comp=wluk

Buchan J; Nicholls R, 2020, 'The challenges of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic for Australia’s franchise sector', Australian Business Law Review, 48, pp. 126 - 137, https://www-westlaw-com-au.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I8c9ae703c1fd11eab306d55769e1257b&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1

Nicholls R, 2020, 'Limiting Access, Limited Blocking: Evidence and Practice in s 115A Injunctions.', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 30, pp. 114 - 128, https://www-westlaw-com-au.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I0d60131168de11ea9e45f68329176fe2&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1

Nicholls R; Kayis D, 2019, 'Common corporate owners, concerted corporate actions?', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 34, pp. 202 - 229

Nicholls R, 2019, 'Bank Customer Switching: Scandals and Fintech', The European Financial Review, https://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/bank-customer-switching-scandals-and-fintech/

Nicholls R, 2019, 'The Legitimacy and Responsiveness of Industry Rule-making', AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW, 47, pp. 326 - 328, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000496718100008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Removal of Merits Review in Australian Electricity Regulation', Transportation, Energy, and Antitrust: The Journal of the Transportation and Energy Industries Committee of tne ANtitrust section of the American Bar Association, pp. 8 - 14

Nicholls R, 2018, 'META-REGULATION IN PRACTICE: BEYOND NORMATIVE VIEWS OF MORALITY AND RATIONALITY', AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW, 46, pp. 213 - 214, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000446533300006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Nicholls R; Fisse B, 2018, 'Concerted Practices and Algorithmic Coordination: Does the New Australian Law Compute?', Competition and Consumer Law Journal

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Making the dual model work: Competitive neutrality and net neutrality issues facing the Australian Broadcasting Corporation', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 25, pp. 301 - 314, https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1201008&crid=c572ae86-b562-4368-9983-e93f4840d70d&pddocfullpath=/shared/document/analytical-materials-au/urn:contentItem:5RYY-G381-JNY7-X1TX-00000-00&pdtocnodeidentifier=AABAABAAC&ecomp=4fwhk&prid=381

Nicholls R; Buchan JM, 2017, 'The law of unintended consequences: The effects of voiding ipso facto clauses in business format franchise agreements', Australian Business Law Review, 45, pp. 433 - 447

Nicholls RJ; Kayis D, 2017, 'Concerted Practices Contested: Evidentiary thresholds', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 25, pp. 125 - 125, https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1201008&crid=9687dd33-40dc-4f95-b451-12393c0ae521&pddocfullpath=/shared/document/analytical-materials-au/urn:contentItem:5RK2-54D1-JX8W-M000-00000-00&pdtocnodeidentifier=AABAABAAC&ecomp=4fwhk&prid=958d2109-10d8-4d4f-84b1-424e7f2cee74

Morris C; Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Do it once, get it right: Wholesale regulatory intervention in price and cost disclosure', Law and Financial Markets Review, 11, pp. 110 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17521440.2017.1375217

Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Rights and Wrongs for Implanting Military RFID', IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 36, pp. 48 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2017.2654288

Healey D; Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Enhancing Competition: Challenges for Australian Retail Banking', Journal of Banking and Finance: Law and Practice, 28, pp. 48 - 71

Buchan JM; Nicholls R, 2017, 'Flipping Out: Flip Clauses are Enforceable in the United States Again!', Company and Securities Law Journal, 35, pp. 65 - 69, http://www.westlaw.com.au.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=Ie8b68f40e84311e6b606e78a75e9f1e9&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1

Nicholls RJ; Cave M, 2017, 'The use of spectrum auctions to attain multiple objectives: Policy implications', Telecommunications Policy, 41, pp. 367 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2016.12.010

Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'The Australian Telecommunications Regulatory Environment: An overview', Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 4, pp. 196 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.18080/ajtde.v4n4.76

Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'The Mediated City: The news in a post-industrial context, S. Coleman, N. Thumim, C. Birchall, J. Firmstone, G. Moss, K. Parry, J.G. Blumler Zed Books, London, UK (2016), (264 pages including notes, references and index Paperback, £18.99 ISBN: 9781783608171)', Telecommunications Policy, 41, pp. 154 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2017.01.001

Nicholls R, 2017, 'Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception', JOURNAL OF MARKETING CHANNELS, 24, pp. 104 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046669X.2017.1347008

Nicholls R, 2017, 'Network neutrality: From policy to law to regulation, Christopher T. Marsden. Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK (2017), 304, Paperback, £24.99, ISBN: 9781526105486', Telecommunications Policy, pp. 402 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2017.09.008

Michael K; Michael MG; Galliot JC; Nicholls R, 2017, 'Socio-Ethical Implications of Implantable Technologies in the Military Sector', IEEE Technology and Society, 36, pp. 7 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2017.2670219

Nicholls R; Buchan JM, 2016, 'Failing Firm, Failing Franchisor: Local Market Analysis in Australian Merger Clearance', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 23, pp. 247 - 265, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308905090_Failing_firm_failing_franchisor_Local_market_analysis_in_Australian_merger_clearance

Nicholls RJ, 2016, 'Spectrum Management Issues for Heterogeneous Networks in Commons Spectrum', info, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-02-2016-0010

Nicholls RJ, 2016, 'The Nature of Competition in Australian Retail Banking', Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Nicholls RJ, 2016, 'A Primer on Auction Design, Management, and Strategy, David J. Salant. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2015), 184 pages including notes, references and index, Hardback, £24.95 ISBN: 9780262028264', Telecommunications Policy, 40, pp. 593 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2015.08.011

Healey DJ; Nicholls R, 2016, 'Should Stability Reign? The Consumer Downside of Foregone Competition in Retail Banking Markets', Banking and Finance Law Review, 32, pp. 69 - 101, http://www.unsworks.unsw.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=UNSWORKS&docId=unsworks_modsunsworks_41966

Donald S; Bateman H; Buckley R; Liu K; Nicholls R, 2016, 'Too Connected to Fail: The Regulation of Systemic Risk within Australia's Superannuation System', Journal of Financial Regulation, 2, pp. 56 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jfr/fjv010

Buchan JM; Frazer L; Qu CZ; Nicholls R, 2015, 'Franchisor Insolvency in Australia: Profiles, Factors, and Impacts', Journal of Marketing Channels, 22, pp. 311 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046669X.2015.1113487

Nicholls RJ, 2015, 'Media Economics, Stuart Cunningham, Terry Flew, Adam Swift. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK (2015), 192 pp. including notes, references and index Paperback, £19.99, ISBN: 9780230293229', Telecommunications Policy, 40, pp. 378 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2015.10.003

Abbas R; Michael K; Michael M; Nicholls R, 2015, 'Key government agency perspectives on location based services regulation', Computer Law and Security Review, 31, pp. 736 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2015.08.004

Donald SS; Nicholls R, 2015, 'Bank custodians and systemic risk in the Australian superannuation system', Journal of Banking and Finance: Law and Practice, 26, pp. 25 - 38, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2599409

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