Federal Court issues a record $18 million in penalties for We Buy Houses Pty Ltd and its principal...
Read More →The Australian Parliament has passed a Bill increasing the maximum penalties under the Australian Consumer Law...
Read More →With Federal Parliament already considering increases to the maximum pecuniary penalties for non-compliance with certain sections of the Australia Consumer Law (ACL) (see our article here), a Bill to implement other changes to ACL was...
Read More →The ACCC’s priority focus on anti-competitive behaviour in the commercial construction sector lays solid foundations for 2018....
Read More →February was a frenetic month: the ACCC released its 2018 priorities, two Bills on the ACL were released and the Productivity Commission released its draft report on competition in the Australian Financial System....
Read More →The Full Federal Court of Australia has upheld the finding of a single judge of the Federal Court that US-based Valve Corporation engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and made false or misleading representations about...
Read More →How amendments to the regulation of EFTPOS surcharges will affect both businesses and consumers in Australia...
Read More →The consumer regulator is once again cracking down on products that claim to provide ‘targeted pain relief’...
Read More →The ACCC’s latest market study recommends that changes be made to improve consumer outcomes in the new car retailing industry...
Read More →It’s been just under a year since the introduction of the new business-to-business unfair contract terms law, and the ACCC has moved swiftly from education and industry reviews to enforcing and testing the law...
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