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Using third party brands in video games: issues and opportunities
Insight 11 Dec 2017

One of the emerging battlegrounds for brand owners is video games, particularly with the growth of virtual reality applications. A recent claim made in the US illustrates how having your brand featured in a video game can be a problem - but depending on the circumstances, it could also present a com ...

Report: 2017 Private Equity mid-year briefing
Insight 18 Jul 2017

The first half of 2017 has been one of the most active buy out periods for private equity in Australia since the financial crisis With fundraising conditions remaining positive plenty of committed capital needing to be invested and the announcement of a number of large and high profile transactions ...

ACCC successfully appeals air cargo cartel - the widening of 'market in Australia'
Insight 23 Mar 2016

The ACCC has won an appeal in the Full Federal Court in the air cargo cartel case against Air New Zealand and Garuda Those airlines were found to have engaged in price fixing conduct within a market in Australia even though the point of competition was outside the country The case clarifies and ...

Plugging the price drip
Insight 30 Nov 2015

The Federal Court has found that Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd and Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd contravened the Australian Consumer Law by engaging in drip pricing In doing so the Federal Court differentiated between the types of conduct that will be considered misleading or deceptive under the ACL ...

Competition news
Insight 03 Oct 2018

In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...

Competition news
Insight 05 Sep 2018

In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...

Gift cards sold to Australian consumers must be valid for at least three years
Insight 23 Oct 2018

From 1 November 2019 gift cards sold in Australia must be valid for at least three years under new legislation setting out a national framework for their regulation This provides greater certainty for issuers of gift cards who might otherwise have to comply with different state and territory laws ...

Higher penalties for consumer law breaches come into effect
Insight 04 Sep 2018

New laws come into effect this week that substantially increase the maximum penalties for contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law The changes were a headline recommendation of the Australian Consumer Law Review and a range of other recommended reforms are currently before Federal Parliament We ...

Allens advises NSW Treasury on $16.2bn Ausgrid transaction
News 26 Oct 2016

Allens has advised the NSW Government on the partial lease of distribution network Ausgrid to an all-Australian consortium. The NSW Government entered into a 99-year lease with IFM Investors and ...

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