In a recent decision, the High Court of Australia considered the nature of an ‘understanding’ for the purposes of the restrictive trade practices provisions within Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).
On 4 February 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced that it had conducted a review of more than two thousand Australian retail websites and that it had found numerous potential contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law.
Cooper Grace Ward founding partner David Grace has been awarded Lawyer of the Year for Competition & Consumer Law in the 2024 Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards for Australia.
Legislation designed to overhaul Australia’s merger clearance laws has now been passed by Federal Parliament and will significantly impact the mergers and acquisitions landscape.
The ACCC has released its draft Sustainability collaborations and Australians competition law guide as a competition law compliance tool for businesses engaging in sustainability collaborations.
These awards highlight authors with the highest readership on Mondaq between October 2023 and March 2024, covering 16 countries and various topics.
We are delighted to share that founding partner David Grace is the recipient of Competition & Consumer Law Lawyer of the Year in the 2023 Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards for Australia.
The High Court of Australia has held that Australia’s unfair contract term laws have extraterritorial application and will apply even where applicable contracts are not wholly or partially performed in Australia.
The ACCC has released its finalised guidelines to prevent greenwashing and uphold the integrity of environmental marketing claims.
Milwaukee tools supplier Techtronic Industries Australia has been ordered to pay $15 million for engaging in resale price maintenance conduct, marking a record high for penalties imposed for this type of conduct.
The Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 (Cth) is now in effect, transforming the landscape of unfair contract terms under the Australian Consumer Law.
The ACCC has released draft guidance on good practice for businesses making claims of environmental sustainability, in order to combat ‘greenwashing’.