Competition & Consumer Law: Changing Priorities & Trends
After an eventful year in consumer & competition law, this webinar is your one stop shop for the latest developments & analysis of the impact of major cases. With new leadership at the ACCC, how have priorities & enforcement changed? Explore trending issues like consumer guarantees, misleading or deceptive conduct & cartel conduct. Finish with a practical session on drafting tactics. Stay abreast of major changes & keep your practice at the forefront of emerging consumer & competition law trends. WEB229N59
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Erik Young, Barrister, 5 Selborne Chambers
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments from the Chair
9.05am to 10.05am Competition Law Update: Recent Developments in Cartel Conduct
- Refresher on cartel law
- Cartel immunity
- Cases update
- Case study
Presented by Ayman Guirguis, Partner, K&L Gates
10.05am to 11.00am The ACCC: Changes and Priorities
- ACCC priorities for the year
- Change at the top of ACCC
- Enforcement action this year vs priorities
- Examples of recent cases
Presented by Lisa Huett, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15pm to 12.15pm Consumer Law Update: The Big Issues
- Recap and refresher
- Consumer guarantees
- Suppliers’ warranties including express warranties and extended warranties
- Misleading or deceptive conduct
- Unfair contract terms and unconscionable conduct
- Consumer protection: tips to avoid risk
- Online contracts, privacy
- Key take aways from recent cases
Presented by Alison Jones, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
12.15am to 1.15pm Drafting Tactics to Minimise Risk with Regard to Unfair Contract Terms
- Identifying a ‘standard form’ term and is there anything you can do to address this?
- Analysis of what makes a term ‘unfair’ and the factors that affect the degree of ‘unfairness’
- Drafting techniques to mitigate risk factors, including worked examples
Presented by Adrian Kuti, Partner, Clayton Utz
Presenters
Ayman Guirguis
Ayman Guirguis heads up the Competition and Consumer Law team at K&L Gates in Australia. He advises on all aspects and issues of competition including the implications of mergers, joint ventures and supply chain issues; defending clients alleged to be parties to cartels or other anticompetitive arrangements; and consumer law issues including responding to ACCC investigations and defending prosecutions commenced by the ACCC. Ayman was formerly a senior officer of the ACCC. Ayman is named as a leading individual for Competition/Antitrust in Chambers Global and Best Lawyers.
Lisa Huett
Lisa Huett is a Partner in the Competition Law Group within our Melbourne office of King & Wood Mallesons. She specialises in competition law, consumer protection, product liability and privacy law with a particular focus on the application and enforcement of Australia's cartel laws. Lisa has advised extensively in relation to competition law matters, including preparing responses to ACCC investigations, advising on the competition implications of clients' proposals and conduct, and assessing the application of the Australian Consumer Law to advertising, promotions and contract terms. Lisa regularly represents clients the subject of ACCC investigations including responding to mandatory disclosure notices, advising clients on ACCC enforcement outcomes and advising on immunity and leniency issues. Lisa also provides valuable assistance to companies with multiple channels to market, including advising on pricing issues and drafting supply and distribution arrangements to ensure competition law compliance, especially in industries where commercial dealings between competitors are common. Lisa frequently presents seminars and workshops on compliance issues and proposed law reforms. She is also recognised for her expertise in the areas of Competition Law, Telecommunications Law and Privacy and Data Security Law by leading international survey Best Lawyers 2016.
Alison Jones
Alison Jones is a Special Counsel in the intellectual property practice of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia’s leading independent law firm. Alison specialises in intellectual property and consumer protection law, and advises clients across all business sectors on a range of IP, regulatory and related areas including IP strategy, advising on commercial arrangements of various kinds and contract drafting, advertising and marketing, competition and consumer law issues, IP enforcement, and commercial regulatory (including food law, cosmetics, life sciences and therapeutic goods regulation, product liability risk and recall, privacy and data protection). Alison's experience in this area also includes secondments at leading companies in IP-driven sectors, including fast moving consumer goods and life sciences.
Adrian Kuti
Adrian's expertise spans competition and consumer law, telecommunications, technology and automotive regulatory issues, and franchising and general commercial and contractual advisory matters. Adrian is a trusted legal and strategic adviser to large corporate and government business enterprises in the technology, telecommunications, retail/consumer goods, automotive and financial services sectors in particular. He advises on competition/antitrust law, Australian Consumer Law, telco, technology and automotive regulatory matters and Franchising Code issues, as well as on the commercial aspects of wholesale telecommunications and infrastructure procurement, supply and customer contracts, automotive dealer agreements and other distribution, reseller and commercial contracting arrangements.