You do not need to succeed at forming a cartel to be punished as if you had. In a recent case, Qteq Pty Ltd and its then chairman were fined a combined $6 million for attempted cartel arrangements that never materialised.
Best Lawyers Australia has released its 2027 Best Law Firm rankings, and Cooper Grace Ward has received impressive recognition in 21 practice areas.
Aidacare, a National Disability Insurance Scheme provider, has entered into a court-enforceable undertaking following the ACCC’s assertions of unfair contract terms and false or misleading representations regarding consumers’ rights to remedies for faulty products.
With some exceptions, whenever a consumer buys goods or services, consumer guarantees will apply. If you or your business fail to provide goods or services that meet these guarantees, you could face significant penalties.
While consumer guarantees are automatic and cannot be taken away, warranties are additional promises that your business may choose to offer to consumers.
For the fourth consecutive time, David Grace, a founding partner of Cooper Grace Ward, has won Lawyer of the Year for Competition and Consumer Law in the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2025.
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.