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ACCC Conducts Sweep of Online Statements for Compliance with Australian Consumer Law

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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

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Unfair Contract Terms Continue to be a Major Enforcement Priority for ASIC and the ACCC: Prosecutions of PayPal and Auto & General...

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In Brief - Following reforms to the unfair contract terms (UCT) regime on 9 November 2023, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) are...more

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Australian Unfair Contract Terms Laws and International Business: High Court Finds Global Contract Subject to Australian Laws and...

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In Brief - The High Court of Australia (the Court) has provided important guidance on the application of Australia’s unfair contract terms (UCT) regime to global standard form contracts, the validity of class action waiver...more

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Are You Ready for the Extension of the Unfair Contract Terms Regime to Small Business?

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In Brief: Since 2010, the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and the ASIC Act have prohibited and made void terms in standard form contracts with consumers that were unfair. From 12 November 2016, the Unfair Contract Terms...more

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