Insights Unfair trading practices, dynamic pricing, AI and other consumer law reforms on the government’s agenda With announcements today and over the past week, the Australian Government has kicked off a raft of consumer and product safety law reform, putting unfair trading practices, dynamic pricing and artificial intelligence (AI) squarely on the a… 16 Oct 2024
Insights Dark patterns: domains, dozing, dating and digital platform regulation Global and domestic businesses using online channels, take note: a recent ACCC enforcement outcome, new Federal Court proceedings and some recent international developments have again focused attention on dark patterns in online commerce, w… 1 Mar 2024
Insights Unfair contract terms: are you in the ACCC’s sights? It’s been one month since significant changes to the unfair contract terms (UCT) regime came into effect, which made UCTs illegal and subject to significant penalties and vastly expanded the types of small business contracts that are … 11 Dec 2023
Insights A case for radical reform? Treasury consults on the future of merger control in Australia What’s happened? 24 Nov 2023
Insights Play it safe: Time to brush up on compliance as the ACCC releases 2023-24 product safety priorities Play it safe: Time to brush up on compliance as the ACCC releases 2023-24 product safety priorities 20 Jul 2023
Insights Is democracy being eaten alive by social media? The Pew Research Center recently surveyed 25,000 adults across 19 advanced economies in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region on their views of the impact of social media on democracy in their country. 27 Mar 2023