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K&L Gates
Australia welcomes new business and foreign investment by providing a strong economy, a stable political environment and a skilled and talented workforce.
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.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 18 January 2024, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) published Confronting Complexity: Reforming Corporations and Financial Services Legislation (Final Report)...
K&L Gates
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has just issued its long anticipated guidance on the making of environmental and sustainability claims.
Herbert Smith Freehills
Josh Todd, Giulia Maienza and George McCubbin join Aoife Xuereb to discuss the NFT (Non-Fungible Token) marketplace in the consumer sector – from fine wine and fashion to enhancing the customer experience.
Davies Collison Cave
The High Court's decision in Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Allergan Australia Pty Ltd [2023] HCA 8 involved balancing the rights of traders to properly describe their goods...
Davies Collison Cave
This is the latest in a series detailing developments in competition and consumer law in Australia, including the activities of Australia's competition and consumer regulator, the Australian Competition...
Stacks Law Firm
The public is concerned about & the ACCC is looking for, influencers who are not declaring paid promotions.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
On February 28, 2023, Australia's securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), announced that it had commenced "civil penalty proceedings...
Bird & Bird
In line with the views it has reached previously, the ACCC again raised concerns that a range of conduct by digital platforms is impacting competition.
Herbert Smith Freehills
The panel appointed by the Australian Government to review the integrity of the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme under the Emissions Reductions Fund has delivered its report.
Mayer Brown
On 25 August, 2022, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility ("ACCR") expanded its case against the Australian gas company, Santos Ltd. ("Santos"), with new and more detailed allegations around greenwashing.
Herbert Smith Freehills
Businesses involved in advertising cryptoassets and related products to a consumer audience should consider any exposure to consumer protection laws and advertising regulations.
Vincent Young
Increasingly, we are reviewing contracts whereby developers seek to provide benefits to third parties by increasing who the contractor owes its obligations to under a contract.
Jones Day
Australia's product liability regime is a combination of provisions contained primarily in the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)).
Clyde & Co
The Spam Act 2003 (Cth) isn't a new piece of legislation, and it has arguably been a relatively benign part of the Australian privacy and communications regulatory framework – until now.
Clyde & Co
On 24 April 2020, the High Court allowed the appeal in Moore v Scenic Tours Pty Ltd [2020] HCA 17. The Court confirmed that damages for "disappointment and distress" are available to consumers for a breach of...
Herbert Smith Freehills
It is looking increasingly likely that a ‘General Safety Provision' for consumer products will be introduced into legislation in the near future. This idea has been simmering for some time and the...
Worrells
Article discusses how ASIC is concerned for the risk to consumers creating or exacerbating debt through new B-N-P-L options.
Jones Day
Section 155 notices are a powerful information gathering tool for the ACCC.
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