The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law includes the following articles: “Regulation in the Sharing Economy: The Sharing Economy: The Modern Consumer’s Challenge” – Connor Hogg; “Blockchain: Issues in Australian Competition and Consumer Law” – Michael Milnes; “Can a Big Business Avail Itself of the Unfair Contract Term Provisions in the Australian Consumer Law?” – Peter Sise; and the following sections: Access to Services; Defective Goods; Case Note; Commission Cameos; Snapshots, Report from Asia; and Report from North America.
Posted in Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged "secret" competition law exemptions, ACCC v Yazaki, Access to Services, AJCCL, Alan Ngo, analysing the new competition criterion, Andrew Christopher, availment of protection of big businesses, blockchain technology, cartel conduct, Case Note, Christopher Hodgekiss SC, Christopher Pleatsikas, Commission Cameos, Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Connor Hogg, consumer guarantees, Damien O'Brien QC, David Mierendorff, Defective Goods, Douglas Shirrefs, Editorial, Felicity Lee, fish tanks termites and dodgy floorboards, Grab and Uber merger, Hank Spier, integrity of products' reputations, John Hedge, Michael Milnes, Peter Sise, protection of consumers under the Australian Consumer Law, Rebecca Kok, regulation in the sharing economy, Report from Asia, Report from North America, risks of anti-competitive conduct, Singaporean competition regulation, Snapshots, supply of goods in connection with supply of services, Supreme Court decision and anti-steering rules, Thomas Horatio John Cadd, Trevor Withane, unfair contract provisions in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) |
The latest Part of the Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law marks the journal’s 25th anniversary, and includes the following articles: “Triple A Rated? Regulating Online Information Disclosures” – Robert Walker and Rosannah Healy; “Is There a Gap in the Unfair Contract Term Provisions Between a ‘Consumer Contract’ and a ‘Small Business Contract’?” – Peter Sise; “The Cartelist’s Dilemma: Leniency Policies and Game Theory” – Nick Kotzman; Authorisations and Notifications; Consumer Protection; Enforcement and Remedies; Telecommunications; Case Notes; Energy Etchings; Snapshots; and Report from Africa.
Posted in Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law (AJCCL), Journals, Update Summaries | Tagged "Access Assess Act" behavioural economics framework, ACCC v Cement Australia Pty Ltd (2016) 242 FCR 389; [2016] FCA 453, ACCC v Hillside (Australian New Media) Pty Ltd t/as Bet365 (No 2) [2016] FCA 698, agreed facts and penalties, AJCCL, Australian Energy Regulator, Authorisations and notifications, Banking fees, case notes, civil pecuniary penalties, collective bargaining, consumer contracts, Consumer Protection, contracting out, criminal cartel conduct, deterrence, Douglas Shirrefs, Energy etchings, Enforcement and Remedies, enforcement of prohibited practices, game theory, Immunity Policy, instinctive synthesis, Karen Lee, leniency policies, Lesley Morphet, Lovelle D'Souza, Nick Kotzman, online information disclosures, Paciocco v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (2016) 90 ALJR 835; [2016] HCA 28, Paula Conboy, pecuniary penalties, Peter Sise, Pt 2-3 of the Australian Consumer Law, Rebecca McEwen, reliance, Report from Africa, representations, Robert Walker, Rosannah Healy, Scott Meacock, silver anniversary, small business contracts, Snapshots, Stephanie Hayes, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code, Tenille Kearney, Tom Bridges and Patrick Barkachi, underquoting, unfair contract term provisions |
The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following content: “Equity crowdfunding in Australia: A regulatory balancing act” – Tim Ancev; “Commercial litigation under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth): Part I” – Matthew Broderick, Dr David Morrison and Emma Ramage; “Section 1322 as a response to the complexity of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)” – Hui Xian Chia and Ian Ramsay; “Aspects of the law relating to contested elections of directors” – Rodd Levy; “Is a charitable donation by an insolvent company an uncommercial transaction under s 588FB of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)?” – Peter Sise; Corporate Insolvency: “The productivity commission, corporate insolvency and phoenix companies” – Helen Anderson, Ann O’Connell, Ian Ramsay, Michelle Welsh and Hannah Withers
Posted in Company and Securities Law Journal (C&SLJ), Update Summaries | Tagged Advance Bank Australia Ltd v FAI Insurances Ltd, Ann O’Connell, C&SLJ, Commercial Litigation, contested election of directors, Corporate insolvency, Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Dr David Morrison, Emma Ramage, equity crowd funding, Hannah Withers, Helen Anderson, Hui Xian Chia, Ian Ramsay, insolvent company, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Welsh, Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), Peter Sise, phoenix companies, Productivity Commission, Rodd Levy, s 588FB of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Tim Ancev, uncommercial transactions |
The latest Part of the Insolvency Law Journal includes the following articles: “How does s 588FA apply to the granting of a security interest over an unsecured debt?” – Peter Sise; and “External administration in corporate insolvency and reorganisation: The insider alternative” – Larelle Chapple and James Routledge; and the following section notes: Recent Developments: “Barriers to entry and exit for Australian businesses: The solvency impact of disruption” – David Morrison; and Report from New Zealand: “Supreme Court clarifies meaning of “value” in the defence against insolvent transaction claims – Allied Concrete Ltd v Meltzer and Hayward as Liquidators of Window Holdings Ltd (in liq)” – Trish Keeper.
Posted in Insolvency Law Journal (Insolv LJ), Update Summaries | Tagged corporate insovlency, Dr David Morrison, external administration, Insolv LJ, insolvent transaction claims, James Routledge, Larelle Chapple, Lynne Taylor, Peter Sise, recent developments, Report from New Zealand, s 588FA, security interest, Trish Keeper, unsecured debt |