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Holding Redlich
Recent cases demonstrate the importance of ensuring that businesses do not mislead consumers. Tips on how to comply with the ACL.
Carroll & O'Dea
In this Term's Notes, we want to bring several important issues relating to schools and education to your attention.
Holman Webb
Issues with misleading advertising on social media have raised concerns about possible breaches of the ACL.
K&L Gates
On 12 March 2024, the Australian Treasury released for consultation an exposure draft legislative package that proposes to amend the current regulatory framework to regulate low cost credit contracts (LCCCs), including Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) arrangements and other types of credit contracts.
Canada
Lenczner Slaght LLP
By playing their essential gatekeeping role, class action judges have in numerous decisions clarified the necessary elements of various causes of action and the availability of specific remedies in a particular case.
China
Beijing East IP Law Firm
Recently, the Palace Museum discovered that a Sichuan liquor company and a Beijing trading company used the words "Supervised by the Palace Museum"...
India
Singhania Secretarial Consultancy LLP
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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.
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
We are currently living in an era where shopping trends have transitioned from bustling storefronts to the palm-sized screen of our smartphone.
Malaysia
Kevin Wu & Associates
Any kind of educational setting serves as a place of learning where people are instructed in a wide range of disciplines and subjects, preparing them for roles, decisions...
Switzerland
Bär & Karrer
Product liability claims may be based on (1) the Swiss Product Liability Act (PLA), (2) contract law, (3) tort law, or (4) statutory provisions applicable to specific industries.
UK
Bindmans LLP
The school in question is well known for its strict behavior policies and regimented school day, with its headteacher boasting it is the "strictest school in Britain".
Osborne Clarke
The European Parliament, on 12 March 2024, formally adopted the new Product Liability Directive. The new rules intend to provide easier access to compensation for consumers...
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)...
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
McDonald Hopkins
On October 10, 2023, the Department of Education published final regulations that apply to most educational programs that are eligible to participate in the student financial assistance programs...
Holland & Knight
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) on April 19, 2024, released its final regulations for Title IX, the law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs...
Duane Morris LLP
Today, after more than a year of anticipation, the U.S. Department of Education published the Title IX Final Rule, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs...
Klein Moynihan Turco LLP
In the wake of increasing continuity billing practice complaints, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") is again taking a hard look at the space.
Fee, Smith & Sharp
In recent years, product manufacturers in Texas and across the United States have faced escalating challenges in the realm of product liability litigation.
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