The ACCC scrutinizes bricks and mortar retailers amid claims they are bullying suppliers to avoid online competitors.

Australia's two largest grocery retailers and the AFGC have finally reached agreement on a new industry code of conduct.

The unfortunate reality is that most commercial managers and lawyers do not speak the same language when it comes to effectively communicating. As a result, clients complain that lawyers do not listen, are slow, charge too much, delegate excessively and slow down transactions.

Before signing a lease for a data centre, there are several property and legal traps which should be examined first. .

The Personal Properties and Securities Act is likely to commence in 2012 and will affect a wide range of businesses.

Unsettled economic times have resulted in unsettled officers and senior managers.

A good negotiation strategy is important in any dealings with suppliers or other businesses.

The PPS Act will consolidate the different Commonwealth, state and territory legislation into one national law.

There has for a long time been a fierce debate as to whether databases should be protected by copyright. Developers of databases argue that protection is required to encourage them to invest.

On 17 March 2010 the Australian Parliament passed a bill amending the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) to include, among other things, a prohibition on "unfair" contract terms in standard form consumer contracts.

Some of the provisions of the federal Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 and the federal Freedom of Information (Reform) Act 2010 ("Information Acts"), passed earlier this year, are about to come into effect. This article summarises some of the main changes.

The recent High Court decision in favour of IceTV will have far reaching implications for all Australians. As might be expected it contains an interesting discussion about the concepts of copyright law and when copyright is created.

Last Halloween’s news that lawyers for Warner Bros wrote a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Ms Marmite Lover, a single Mum in the UK, who was planning to host a Harry Potter themed dinner party (complete with butterbeer and pumpkin soup) received worldwide media coverage, perhaps focussing on the irony of the former single Mum, JK Rowling, seeking to restrain another single Mum from eking out an existence or just being the "fun police". However the story raises some interesting questions: Can you ho

On 15 September 2009, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced fundamental reforms to Australian's telecommunications landscape.

Just because the goods are manufactured overseas does not mean Australian law will not apply!

The Federal Government has made some "transitional" changes to the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth), but the substantial changes to the Act will be introduced later this year.

Connie Merlino has recently co-authored an article, "Five approaches to software inventions".

The judgment is important to advertisers in all industries, especially those who use headline messages in advertisements.

For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice is the title of the Australian Law Reform Commission's long awaited report on Australia's Privacy Laws tabled in Federal Parliament on 11 August 2008.

>The Offset Alpine affair has attracted much public attention and intrigue because of its mix of high-profile figures, large sums of money, and suspicions of criminality.