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As the retail market tightens and franchisees chase the consumer dollar more aggressively at store level two recent cases provide a timely reminder of the importance of ensuring that all advertisements and marketing initiatives comply with the Trade Practices Act.

We talk to one of our special counsel, Tim Hemingway, to find out what's happening in the transport and logistics sector. Trade practices law is always evolving and throwing up new challenges for clients. As we saw recently, the big changes to the laws on unfair contracts have major ramifications for the transport and logistics sector, as standard form contracts are so common – indeed, they're an essential part of doing business. Making sure their contracts don't breach the law has been a bit of

Resale price maintenance in Australia is illegal, and until now, the ACCC has never allowed anyone to do it.

In its attempt to tighten up cartel conduct, the Australian Government has released the final draft of the Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008. Has it gone too far?

Recent French case gives some important signals as to what will and will not work in a selective distribution system here.

The Commonwealth Government has announced a review of Australian competition laws.

Prison sentences for cartel conduct are now a stark reality in Australia, with the Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008 set to become law in just weeks.

With the change from Trade Practices Act to the Competition and Consumer Act comes a new national regime for consumer protection.

Seven has appealed against Sackville J's decision in Seven Network Limited & Anor v News Limited & Ors [2007] FCA 1062 (the C7 Decision). The appeal signals the possibility that the case already described by the judge as "mega-litigation" will continue well into the future.

This is the latest in a monthly series detailing developments in competition and consumer law in Australia, including the activities of Australia's competition and consumer regulator, the ACCC, published judgments, ...

Readers will remember that last year we reported on the decision in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Nuera Health Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2007] FCA 695, where the Federal Court found the defendants to have engaged in reprehensible conduct in falsely promoting a treatment to cancer patients.

Update on competition and consumer law matters.

This Friday 24 July 2009, will see significant amendments to the Trade Practices Act come into effect that re-write the rules for many joint ventures and other arrangements between competitors.

Manufacturers and suppliers of goods must comply with specific requirements if they provide warranties against defects.

The new price signalling laws introduce a prohibition on pricing disclosures to competitors in prescribed industries.

Discussion around the fact that the ACCC is concerned about the state of competition in the digital advertising industry.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has recently been granted new enforcement powers, which make it easier for the regulator to penalise illegal advertising and pricing practices. The ACCC has exercised one of its suite of new powers by issuing infringement notices against restaurants and cafes engaging in "component pricing" in breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (TPA).