New consumer protection laws came into effect in Hong Kong on 19 July 2013. The new laws amend the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO) which prohibit a range of unscrupulous trade practices in respect of goods and...
Read More →It appears that Apple is not the only company in the French Competition Authority’s (FCA) sights. Reports reveal that 40 to 50 FCA officials launched coordinated dawn raids last week on the offices of three...
Read More →In a recent post on our sister blog, China Law Insight, Susan Ning, Kate Peng, Huang Jing and Li Rui discuss the investigation initiated by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) against several infant...
Read More →Misleading warranty claims have resulted in Hewlett-Packard Australia being ordered to pay a $3 million dollar penalty. Between January 2011 and September 2012, HP call centre staff located around the world using internal guidelines and...
Read More →You know it’s an election year when, in the last week Parliament sits before an election, MPs are presented with a swollen legislative agenda. This year, that list includes a raft of private members’ bills...
Read More →The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued proceedings against Scoopon in the Federal Court for allegedly making false and misleading representations to both businesses and consumers. Formed in 2010, Scoopon is one of...
Read More →On 28 June 2013, at the Farmers’ Federation 2013 Annual Conference in Melbourne, Marcus Bezzi, Executive General Manager (Enforcement and Compliance) of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), discussed the regulator’s investigation into major...
Read More →The ACCC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Happiness Road Investment Group Pty Ltd (Happiness Road), admitting the company had made misleading claims over the country of origin of its ugg boots. Happiness Road...
Read More →In the lead up to the end of the financial year, the ACCC has instituted proceedings against Taxsmart Group Pty Ltd, Taxsmart Franchising Pty Ltd and Resultsmart Pty Ltd (Taxsmart) alleging that it published false...
Read More →In the first infringement notice issued to a publicly listed company, iiNet has been fined $102,000 in relation to the relative prominence of the monthly price and total minimum price in its “Naked DSL” advertisements...
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