The High Court has unanimously reinstated the longstanding ability for regulators and parties in civil penalty proceedings to make submissions regarding agreed penalties. In doing so, the High Court overturned an earlier judgment of the...
Read More →Delivering the keynote address at the recent Australiasian Consumer Law Roundtable in Canberra, ACCC Chairman Rod Sims discussed the current state of the Australian Consumer Law (“ACL”) in light of the upcoming ACL review in...
Read More →For the second time this year, an individual has been sentenced for failing to comply with a section 155 notice...
Read More →The ACCC and NDRC have signed an MOU which allows the two regulators to coordinate enforcement activities and share information...
Read More →Annual report shows steady enforcement and continuing focus on consumer protection...
Read More →ECJ decision prompts consideration of Australian approach to cartel facilitators...
Read More →Reflections on the ACCC's enforcement actions and powers in the world of advertising...
Read More →A $250,000 penalty has been imposed on a company that falsely labelled its eggs as free range...
Read More →Considering the competition and industrial relations intersect...
Read More →ACCC’s focus on online markets continues with further penalties. Group buying website Spreets has become the latest in a line of online deal businesses to be ordered to pay penalties for misleading and deceptive conduct....
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