To get an edge over competitors, businesses often resort to aggressive marketing and advertising strategies to promote their products. While these campaigns are usually creative, amusing to consumers and highly effective for attracting publicity, they can have unforeseen consequences, such as agitating a competitor into taking action against the aggressor. In this series (this is […]

We all know how convenient it is to shop online (particularly today with the Black Friday sales!), but we often don’t think about the risks involved.  We can’t touch the product, we can’t see it with our own eyes, and sometimes we are uncertain as to the true identity of the seller.  Yet nine times […]

Following its announcement in May, the Australian Government has now released a discussion paper, raising a debate on whether Australia should introduce a new interim digital tax (Discussion Paper). The Discussion Paper refers to digital businesses with a significant “digital footprint” in Australia that may not necessary have a physical (or tax) presence in Australia. […]

In a stern warning by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), telecommunication providers have been put on notice to ensure that their advertising is “clear and transparent”, or otherwise both companies and management that approve misleading advertisements will face proceedings for breach of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). A recent action in the Federal […]