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Australia
K&L Gates
On 12 March 2024, the Australian Treasury released for consultation an exposure draft legislative package that proposes to amend the current regulatory framework to regulate low cost credit contracts (LCCCs), including Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) arrangements and other types of credit contracts.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 18 January 2024, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) published Confronting Complexity: Reforming Corporations and Financial Services Legislation (Final Report)...
K&L Gates
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has just issued its long anticipated guidance on the making of environmental and sustainability claims.
Herbert Smith Freehills
Josh Todd, Giulia Maienza and George McCubbin join Aoife Xuereb to discuss the NFT (Non-Fungible Token) marketplace in the consumer sector – from fine wine and fashion to enhancing the customer experience.
Davies Collison Cave
The High Court's decision in Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Allergan Australia Pty Ltd [2023] HCA 8 involved balancing the rights of traders to properly describe their goods...
Davies Collison Cave
This is the latest in a series detailing developments in competition and consumer law in Australia, including the activities of Australia's competition and consumer regulator, the Australian Competition...
Cambodia
Tilleke & Gibbins
Cambodia's Law on Food Safety came into force on June 8, 2022.
Tilleke & Gibbins
Cambodia has issued a set of regulations that aim to encourage greater energy efficiency from appliances marketed in the country. The regulations follow Cambodia's adoption of its National Energy Efficiency Policy...
Tilleke & Gibbins
Cambodia imports a substantial amount of food products to meet its domestic demand. Most of these imported products are from nearby ASEAN countries, with Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam providing the bulk of these food imports.
Tilleke & Gibbins
Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has issued a notification reminding advertisers of health products and cosmetics in the country to obtain the required advertising approvals...
Tilleke & Gibbins
Food safety is one important area of focus as Cambodia continues to improve its regulatory framework surrounding consumer protection. Last year, the new Law on Food Safety...
China
Dentons
Over the years, boosting domestic demand and promoting consumption have become one of the major propositions of Chinese government concerning the unified national market and the rule of law.
India
Khaitan & Co LLP
On 26 March 2024, a press release (Press Release) has been made available on the website of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), which indicates that it has forged a strategic alliance with Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) to combat the issue of misleading advertisements in India.
NovoJuris Legal
The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has recently issued an amendment to the Master Direction – Credit Card and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct Directions, 2022.
Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co.
In a significant development in the realm of consumer protection, the Hon'ble National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) in the matter of Manoj Madhusudhanan v. ICICI Bank Ltd...
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
A listing on an e-commerce portal, an order placed with the seller, a substandard product delivered with a delay and an inconsistent grievance redressal by the seller ...
IndusLaw
Dark patterns are tools that are employed by advertisers and commercial entities to influence user behaviour and decisions.
Phoenix Legal
The Supreme Court, in a recent judgment was tasked with considering...
Khaitan & Co LLP
It would be trite for the market participants to quickly put in place processes to ensure that they are not caught wrong-footed. While there is no general formula...
AZB & Partners
The Central Consumer Protection Authority in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 18 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, has notified the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023 on November 30, 2023.
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