The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") recently announced that it had conducted a sweep of more than 2,000 Australian retail websites that found some businesses' return policies and website terms and...more
4/16/2025
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Australian Consumer Law ,
Contract Terms ,
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Internet Retailers ,
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Australia has significantly increased penalties for competition and consumer law breaches and also expanded the scope of the law that prohibits unfair contract terms ("UCT")....more
Recent amendments to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2010 (Cth) ("ASIC Act") and the Competition and Consumer Law Act (Cth) ("CC Act") extended the unfair contract terms regime, which previously...more
5/8/2017
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Commercial Leases ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Contract Terms ,
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Independent Contractors ,
Limitation of Liability Clause ,
Telecommunications ,
Unfair Contract Terms ,
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