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ACCC chalks up another win in the Federal Court

  • Hall & Wilcox
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 23 2013

The Federal Court (Court) has found in favour of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in a case against telco Excite Mobile and

A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

General Counsel update - legal guide edition 32

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 29 2012

A summary of major developments in key areas

How did you get it? Customer information and marketing

  • Clayton Utz
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 24 2012

Businesses can't indiscriminately use every item of personal information they have about customers for marketing

Australian competition regulation: what should we expect for 2012?

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 2 2012

The past year has seen some interesting developments in Australian competition regulation

Federal Court of Australia considers the effect of an entire agreement clause on oral evidence in Prosperity Group International Pty Ltd v Queensland Communication Company Pty Ltd (No 3)

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 14 2011

This case concerned several contracts where Clear Telecoms (Aust) Pty Ltd, Australian Equipment Rentals Pty Ltd and Quick Fund (Australia) Pty Ltd (the Respondents) had agreed to provide telecommunications services to Prosperity Group International Pty Ltd and Worldnet Corporation Limited Pty Ltd (the Applicants

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v SMS Global Pty Ltd 2011 FCA 855 (2 August 2011)

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 1 2011

On 2 August 2011, the Federal Court held that SMS Global had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and made false representations in contravention of sections 52 and 53 of the Trade Practices Act

AUS$2.7 million penalty for fake "Yellow Pages" directory scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • August 2 2011

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that the Federal Court in Melbourne has imposed penalties totalling AUS$2.7 million against two overseas companies, Yellow Page Marketing BV (YPM) and Yellow Publishing Limited (YPL), for sending to thousands of Australian businesses misleading faxes and invoices in an attempt to obtain subscriptions to their online business directories

Consumer law bares its teeth to the tune of $5.26m

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 12 2011

On 7 July 2011, Justice Perram of the Federal Court of Australia ordered Singtel Optus to pay $5.26 million in civil pecuniary penalties for breaches of consumer protection provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA) (equivalent provisions are now found in the Australian Consumer Law which forms a schedule to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010

Knock knock, ring ring - who's there? A new regulatory regime for door-to-door and telephone sales

  • Clayton Utz
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 24 2010

If you use unsolicited sales techniques, you should review your sales agreements and practices to ensure compliance with the new Australian Consumer Law

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