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Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: December 2016

By Journal Alerts on November 23, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: “Margin Squeezes as a Misuse of Market Power” – Paul McLachlan; “‘Your Rights Mob’: Making Indigenous Consumer Protection an Enduring Priority” – Rod Sims; “How Will the Enforcement of Section 46 of the CCA Change under the Full Harper?” – Sophie Matthiesson; and the following sections: Defective Goods; Case Note; Commission Cameos; Report from India; Report from Latin America; and Odds and Ends.

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Australian Law Journal update: Vol 90 Pt 10

By Journal Alerts on October 31, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Law Journal includes the following articles: “Lord Atkin: Principle and Progress” – P D T Applegarth; and “What’s in a Name?” – Justice Emilios Kyrou. Also in this Part are the following sections: Current Issues; Conveyancing and Property; Around the Nation: Tasmania; Personalia; Competition and Consumer Law; Recent Cases (Miller v The Queen, Compton v Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd, Hayward v Zurich Insurance Co plc, Versloot Dredging BV v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG); and Book Reviews.

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Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law update: September 2016

By Journal Alerts on September 8, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: “Australia’s Protected Cartel Information Scheme: Has the Right Balance Been Struck?” – Holly Yang Cao; and “The ACCC, the Internet and Extraterritorial Injunctions” – Adrian Coorey; and the following sections: Access to Services; Administration and National Competition Policy; Case Note; What If…; Consumer Concerns; Report from Asia; Report from North America; and Worth Repeating.

Posted in Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ACCC v Yazaki Corp (No 2) [2015] FCA 1304, Access Regulation, Access to Services, Administration and National Competition Policy, ADR processes, Adrian Coorey, AJCCL, Antitrust Enforcement, ASEAN, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Business-to-Business Disputes, Caroline Michel, Case Note, Christopher Pleatsikas, Consumer concerns, Extraterritorial Injunctions, Frank Zumbo, Holly Yang Cao, Indirect Causation, internet, Jessica Rusten, John Hedge, Ketki Kowal, lemon cars, misuse of market power, Monopoly Pricing, Protected Cartel Information Scheme, Rachel Burgess, Report from Asia, Report from North America, Russell Miller AM, Sarah Agar, Shila Dorai Raj, Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), United States, What if..., Worth repeating | Leave a response

Australian Business Law Review update: July 2016

By Journal Alerts on July 11, 2016

The latest Part of the Australian Business Law Review includes the following articles: “Investigating the goodwill issue in franchising: An exploratory analysis” – Maurice Roussety, Lorelle Frazer and Evan Douglas; “Registration errors, priority rules and the policy behind the PPSA: In pursuit of certainty or fairness?” – Linda Widdup; “Misleading premium claims” – Stephen Corones; and “Forensic accounting: Professional regulation of a multi-disciplinary field” – Jeanette Van Akkeren, Sherrena Buckby and Julie-Anne Tarr. Also in this Part are the following sections: Competition Law and Market Regulation: “Recent successes for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission” – Robert Baxt AO; Company Law and Securities: “Assessing the capabilities of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and other issues” – Robert Baxt AO.

Posted in Australian Business Law Review (ABLR), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged ABLR, Assoc Prof Paul Ali, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Bob Baxt, commercial certainty, company law and securities, Competition law and market regulation, contractual triggers, Editorial, Evan Douglas, false or misleading, forensic accounting, franchising, goodwill, Jeanette Van Akkeren, Julie-Anne Tarr, Linda Widdup, Lorelle Frazer, Maurice Roussety, Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), Personal Property Securities Register, PPSA, premium claims, premium pricing, priority rules, Professor Robert Baxt AO, Professor Stephen Corones, registration errors, Sherrena Buckby | Leave a response

Company and Securities Law Journal update: April 2016

By Journal Alerts on May 20, 2016

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: “Corporate governance for Australian energy and resources companies” – John Chandler and Jared Clements; “Assessing the effectiveness of ASIC’s accountability framework” – Diana Nestorovska; and “Termination payments under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – Some issues” – John Sartori. This issue also includes the following sections: Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Law – Professor Jean Jacques du Plessis: “Shareholder primacy and other stakeholder interests”; and Overseas Notes: New Zealand: “Equity crowdfunding in Australia” – Gordon Walker, Alma Pekmezovic and Annabelle Walker.

Posted in Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged Alma Pekmezovic, Annabelle Walker, Arrium Ltd, ASIC accountability, ASX listed companies, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Business Set-up, C&SLJ, Centre for Mining Energy and Natural Resources Law, corporate culture, corporate governance, Corporate Governance Corporate Responsibility and Law, Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Act 2009 (Cth), Diana Nestorovska, Editorial, energy and resource companies, enforceable undertakings, equity crowdfunding, Gordon R Walker, independent regulator, infringement notices, Jared Clements, John Chandler, John Sartori, KPMG, Overseas Notes: New Zealand, Professor Bob Baxt, Professor Jean Jacques du Plessis, Professor Robert Baxt AO, Pt 2D.2 Div 2, Queensland Nickel, shareholder primacy, statutory business judgment rule, termination payments, termination payments provisions, Transfer and Closure report, University of Western Australia | Leave a response

Company and Securities Law Journal update: November 2015

By Journal Alerts on December 8, 2015

The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following content: “Can an Australian company use a dispute resolution clause in its constitution to bar shareholder class actions?” – James Emmerig; “Public interest litigation under s 50 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth): The case for amendment” – Tony Johnson; “Banning, disqualification and licensing powers: ACCC, APRA, ASIC and the ATO – Regulatory overlap, penalty privilege and law reform” – Tom Middleton; and the following sections: Corporate Insolvency: “Recovery from Ponzi scheme investors: New Zealand’s Fisk v McIntosh [2015] NZHC 1403” – Trish Keeper; and Overseas Notes: New Zealand: “New Zealand rejects peak indebtedness” – Barry Allan.

Posted in Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ), Update Summaries | Tagged “no class action” clause, “whole of government” approach to regulatory reform, access to justice, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australian peak indebtedness rule, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Australian Taxation Office (ATO), banning, bar shareholder class actions, Barry Allan, C&SLJ, complement privately funded shareholder and investor claims and class actions, consistent case treatment and outcomes, constitutional bar, contractual restraint, Corporate insolvency, Delaware Court of Chancery, dispute resolution clause, disqualification, Editorial, Fisk v McIntosh [2015] NZHC 1403, Gordon R Walker, Helen Anderson, impact on Australian company, James Emmerig, licence cancellation, New Zealand, Overseas Notes: New Zealand, Ponzi scheme investors, procedural limitations on member shareholders, Professor Bob Baxt, Professor Paul Ali, Pt 5.7B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), public interest litigation, regulatory outcomes, regulatory overlap, s 292(4B) of the Companies Act 1993 (NZ), s 50 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth), suspension, Timberworld Ltd v Levin [2015] 3 NZLR 365; [2015] NZCA 111, Tom Middleton, Tony Johnson, Trish Keeper, uniform operation of penalty privilege, US Supreme Court | Leave a response

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