November 7, 2018 Court Fines Nurofen $6 Million For Misleading Customers In December 2016, the Federal Court fined the manufacturers of Nurofen, Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty...
December 20, 2019 Valve to Pay $3 Million for Breaching Consumer Guarantees In March 2016, the Federal Court ruled in ACCC v Valve Corporation (No 3) [2016]...
May 6, 2024 Consumer Law: Hocking Stuart Richmond Fined for Underquoting In Brief Real estate agency, Hocking Stuart Richmond, recently admitted to underquoting house prices and...
December 12, 2016 Seven Settles Claim Against Nine In Breakfast TV Battle Have you ever claimed to be Australia’s number one in something? Television network Nine was...
October 31, 2018 ACCC Has an Eye on the Sharing Economy With New Guidelines The sharing economy is growing, and platform operators must take care to comply with the...
December 5, 2016 Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Tiger Airways Stop Pre-Selecting Extras Domestic airlines Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Tiger Airways have agreed to stop pre-selecting the extras...
September 26, 2023 Unfair Terms in Small Business Contracts As a small business, you should know that the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) protects you...
November 13, 2016 A Guide to Keeping Your Construction Contracts Fair On November 12 2016, the unfair contract terms legislation will apply to ‘small business contracts’. The...
August 15, 2018 Should the Mandatory Reporting Timeframe be Extended? Several industry bodies have recommended in their submissions to the Australian Consumer Law Review (the...
February 28, 2020 ACCC Pharmaceutical Investigataion: Finds GlaxoSmithKline Representations Ambiguous The ACCC recently announced that it had completed its investigation into comments pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),...
