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Current, emerging and future issues in Agribusiness
Insight 03 Jun 2021

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has become increasingly active in the agriculture industry through market inquiries, codes of conduct, enforcement action and a push for the introduction of a new prohibition on unfair trading practices. ...

Your jointly proposed pecuniary penalty may not be appropriate
Insight 27 Apr 2021

The decision of the Full Federal Court in the appeal of Volkswagen v ACCC is an important reminder of the court's supervisory role in approving pecuniary penalties jointly proposed by parties to a proceeding. It also reinforces an identifiable increase in the value of pecuniary penalties sought and obtained by the Australian regulators in enforcement proceedings since 2015. ...

Federal Court makes landmark decision on data transparency
Insight 21 Apr 2021

The Federal Court of Australia has found that Google LLC (Google) engaged in misleading conduct and made false representations to some of its users because of the way it presented its collection, storage and use of users' personal location data in its privacy statements. ...

ACCC's 2021 product safety priorities
Insight 29 Mar 2021

The ACCC announced its Product Safety Priorities for 2021, including: Button batteries, Quad bikes, Toppling furniture and infant sleeping products, and E-commerce and the Australian Product Safety Pledge. ...

In Touch: $24m fine for criminal cartel charge; ACCC's interim report into digital advertising services; Kogan penalised for misleading discounts; and other developments
Insight 24 Feb 2021

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS fined $24m for criminal cartel charge; ACCC's interim report into digital advertising services; Kogan penalised for misleading discounts; Facebook and Onava allegedly mislead consumers; and Lorna Jane 'virus activewear' examined in court. ...

ACCC 2021 Enforcement Priorities
Insight 23 Feb 2021

The impacts of COVID-19, essential services, digital platforms, cartels, small business, financial services and the construction sector will be a focus in 2021, as well as significant changes to the consumer law. ...

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