Wednesday, 17 August 2022

ACCC Video Case Note - Google Location Data Cases

Check out my ACCC Video Case Note discussing the Google Location Data Cases - i.e. liability judgment - ACCC v Google LLC (No 2) [2021] FCA 367 handed down in April 2021 and penalty judgment - ACCC v Google LLC (No 4) [2022] FCA 942 handed down in August 2022.




























Wednesday, 10 August 2022

ACCC Video Note - Telstra dodges mega penalty for mega dumb 5G play

ACCC Video Note discussing the section 87B undertaking provided by Telstra to the ACCC on 3 August 2022 agreeing to deregister radiocommunications sites set up for the purpose or with the likely effect of interfering with the Optus 5G rollout in breach of section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act.























Thursday, 4 August 2022

ACCC v Samsung Electronics Australia Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 875

Video Case Note discussing Justice Murphy's penalty decision in ACCC v Samsung Electronics Australia Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 875 concerning representations that Samsung Galaxy phones were suitable for use in swimming pools and sea water.




































Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Regulatory Compliance

Just finished this online course through the University of Pennsylvania. Pretty good course, with some interesting insights into why employees engage in high risk behaviour.

There was also a discussion of the "One Guy" problem in compliance - namely the rogue employee who knowingly or recklessly breaches the law, despite knowing the rules. While the One Guy problem is a hard one to combat, it is something that every Compliance Officer has to be constantly on the lookout for.