Month: July 2013

With the power invested in you

July 31, 2013 | 0 Comments

On 16 July 2013, the President and Vice-President of Hong Kong’s Competition Tribunal were appointed by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, on the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission....

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With the prospect of enforcement action from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for the use of misleading ‘credence’ claims, seven manufacturers in the bottled water industry have dropped claims that their product is...

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A former Tasmanian Europcar franchisee, BAJV Pty Ltd (BAJV), has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a $200,000 civil pecuniary penalty after admitting to deliberately overcharging customers to repair damaged hire vehicles and...

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All’s fair in Hong Kong

July 22, 2013 | 0 Comments

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...

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Ball busting

July 19, 2013 | 1 Comments

On Friday, 12 July 2013 the ACCC filed proceedings against Japanese ball bearing manufacturer Koyo Australia Pty Ltd in the Federal Court, seeking pecuniary penalties as well as declarations and injunctions. As the ACCC’s press...

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Statistically speaking

July 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

The EC has released its latest statistics on cartel enforcement and the most notable feature may be what is not mentioned. On 4 July 2013, the European Court of Justice quashed fines of over €100...

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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...

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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...

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Freedom of the skies

July 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

In a recent post on our sister blog, China Law Insight, Susan Ning, Kate Peng and Li Rui look at a proposal that would expand the current immunity program under section 15 of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly...

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US Court takes a bite out of Apple

July 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

As the e-book saga continues, Apple Inc. has had its day in court in the US… and the decision shows that it didn’t go well. As reported in our previous post, Apple was the only...

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