ASIC releases details of new financial requirements for responsible entities of registered managed investment schemes.

On 18 November 2010, the Australian Government released the Trade Practices (Australian Consumer Law) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) (ACL Regulations). This forms part of the legal regime applying to the direct selling industry that will be implemented under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). This comes into effect on various dates on and after 1 January 2011.

Overview of National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) following royal assent - reform of Australia’s consumer credit laws following the agreement reached in 2008 by Council of Australian Governments that Commonwealth should have responsibility for regulating consumer credit industry.

On 30 April 2012, The Australian Government publicly released the Final Report of the Convergence Review.

This is one of a series of articles reviewing the judicial interpretation of words and phrases often used in contracts.

A look at the insider trading prohibition in section 1043A of the Corporations Act in the context of derivatives and proposed ASX listing rule amendments to company trading policies

The recommendations of the Interim Report have potentially significant implications for the online gambling sector.

Following the global financial downturn and community concern about excessive executive remuneration, in March 2009 the Australian Government (Labor) (Government) asked the Productivity Commission (Commission) to undertake a review of the Australian executive remuneration legal framework in respect of listed companies.

Two recent incidents involving the Duchess of Cambridge have cast a spotlight on privacy rights, including in Australia.

The Evidence Amendment (Evidence of Silence) Act 2013 (NSW) amended the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) by adding a new section 89A.

The article explores recent ASB determinations about advertisements in the context of sexual content and discrimination.

ClubsNSW commenced proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court in a bid to obtain certainty on whether the outdoor area of a club was an area where club patrons could smoke legally.

The Federal Government released an extensive discussion paper to its announced review of the Interactive Gambling Act.

This article considers and reviews court approaches to the interpretation and enforcement of the statutory contract.

A very significant decision of the Federal Court of Australia in February 2011 has implications for all businesses (including direct selling organisations and other consumer goods suppliers) using social media. Statements posted on a company's Facebook "fan" and Twitter pages by third parties were held to be publications by the company. As a result, the company was found to be in contempt because the publications had breached undertakings previously provided to the Federal Court to not engage in

From 2014, NCAT will consolidate and replace 23 NSW tribunals, including the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT).

With effect from 25 September 2007 the Australian Trade Practices Act was amended, among other matters, to include, in the context of the prohibition on misuse of market power, a specific provision prohibiting predatory pricing.

Tracey J of the Federal Court has delivered his judgment in Swisse Vitamins Pty Ltd v Complaints Resolution Panel.

This article summarises the principal regulatory bodies with whom businesses in Australia come into contact regularly.

The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (the Act) comes into force on 15 April 2013.