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Making advertising comply with the Australian Consumer Law: Court finds answers in TPG's fine print

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 11 2013

It is the overall impact of an advertisement and not just the dominant message which must be considered when determining if an ordinary consumer

Fibre flip-flop

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • April 10 2013

On 9 April 2013, the Coalition revealed its long-awaited plan to redesign the National Broadband Network (NBN). Unsurprisingly, the policy claims to

Global action taken against global Microsoft Imposter telemarketing scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Canada, Global, USA
  • -
  • September 28 2012

Joint action between the ACMA, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has led to court orders being obtained against US-based and India-based parties involved in the global 'Microsoft Imposter' phone scam

Pure Water Systems penalised for calling numbers on the Do Not Call Register

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
  • -
  • September 28 2012

Following investigation by the ACMA, Pure Water Systems (Aust) Pty Ltd has paid a $26,400 penalty for making telemarketing calls to numbers registered on the Do Not Call Register

Telecommunications

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • May 31 2012

The ACCC accepted court-enforceable undertaking from FOXTEL Management Pty Limited (FOXTEL) and announced it would not oppose the proposed acquisition of AUSTAR United Communications Limited

Australian convergence review: regulation of media and internet content

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 16 2012

On 30 April 2012, the Final Report of the Australian Convergence Review Committee was handed down

Final credits roll in iiNet trilogy

  • Hunt & Hunt
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 11 2012

In a landmark ruling on 20 April 2012, the High Court unanimously dismissed an appeal by 34 Australian and United States film and television studios against internet service provider (“ISP”) iiNet

ACCC pursues Apple over iPad 4G claims

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 10 2012

On 28 March 2012 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) lodged proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Apple Inc and its Australian subsidiary Apple Pty Limited (Apple) in relation to a series of Apple advertisements for its new iPad

Movie studios fail in appeal against internet service providers

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 10 2012

The High Court has unanimously decided that an internet service provider, iiNet, is not liable for authorising the copyright infringements by its users who downloaded movies on its network

Content, carriage, data and ebusiness

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
  • -
  • April 12 2012

This (our fourth) Tracker continues the aim of capturing and commenting upon what is happening now in regulation of the content, carriage, data and ebusiness sectors

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