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Australia
Wallmans Lawyers
ACCC will be looking at whether online influencers are being sufficiently transparent when they talk about their favourite products.
Holding Redlich
Recent cases demonstrate the importance of ensuring that businesses do not mislead consumers. Tips on how to comply with the ACL.
LegalVision
Key elements to include in your contracts when starting an NDIS business.
Holman Webb
Issues with misleading advertising on social media have raised concerns about possible breaches of the ACL.
Canada
Stewart McKelvey
On April 15, 2024, the Canadian federal budget was released. Connected to the budget was an explanation of the framework for Canada's proposed implementation of Open Banking (sometimes called consumer-driven banking).
Gowling WLG
Canada's Consumer-Driven Banking Framework (Framework) was released alongside the 2024 federal budget, and serves as an update to the previously released 2023 Fall Economic Statement...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On March 27, 2024, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its much awaited decision in Palmer v. Teva. The decision sends a clear signal that claims based on weak science...
India
Agama Law Associates
The real-estate sector has boomed in the past few years, however, delays in construction and completion of projects have been the norm, leaving the homebuyer in the lurch.
Consumer Protection Authority's Collaboration With Advertising Council To Harmonize Advertising Laws
Naik Naik & Company
On March 26, 2024, the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), and the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) released a joint press release with the shared mission under the ASCI...
Dhir & Dhir Associates
In the month of December 2022, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance proposed the introduction of a new ex-ante legislation known as the Digital Competition Act (DCA).
Nigeria
SimmonsCooper Partners
On April 3, 2024, NERC implemented significant tariff changes, primarily affecting Band A customers of distribution companies (DisCos), with an increase of over 240% in rates—from ₦66 to ₦225 per kWh ...
Turkey
Balcioglu Selçuk Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership
Additionally, it may be considered that the Regulation has the potential to disrupt the future development of the electric vehicle market in Turkey.
UK
Osborne Clarke
Ofcom publishes call for evidence on additional duties for categorised services under the Online Safety Act 2023
Fieldfisher
The UK's consumer connected product security regime comes into effect a week on Monday (29 April 2024).
WTW
As the FCA and many market commentators have been keen to stress, the passing of the July 2023 deadline to comply with Consumer Duty rules (for new and open products)...
Herbert Smith Freehills
Over the Easter weekend, it has been reported that a data compression library called XZ Utils contained a sophisticated backdoor (vulnerability CVE-2024-3094) which enabled remote code execution.
Ukraine
Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
According to Article 8 of the Ukrainian Advertising Law, it is expressly forbidden to misleading use or imitate the State Flag of Ukraine in advertising.
United Arab Emirates
Awatif Mohammad Shoqi Advocates & Legal Consultancy
The Ministry of Economy in the UAE has recently introduced a comprehensive list of violations under Cabinet Decision No. 66/2023 concerning the Executive Regulation of Federal Law No. 15/2020 on Consumer Protection.
United States
Bass, Berry & Sims
On April 17, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed into law the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (the Act), making Nebraska the seventeenth state to enact general consumer data privacy legislation.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
On April 4, 2024, the CFPB issued a report titled "Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds" that examines the financial and privacy risks to consumers in online video gaming marketplaces.
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