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Jan 9, 2025 | 
devdiscourse.com | Thomas Jones
The landscape of cross-border payments is changing rapidly, driven by technological advancements and the push for a decentralized financial ecosystem. In this new world, traditional payment methods are replaced by blockchain technology's more efficient and secure options. Consumers and businesses can expect faster transactions at lower costs, making global commerce more accessible.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Thomas Jones |Dylan McGirr
In recent years, the ACCC has increased its focus on environmental issues. With the creation of an internal taskforce in 2023, the ACCC’s focus on sustainability has expanded to include competition law and product safety, as well as the areas of consumer law and fair trading.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Thomas Jones |Dylan McGirr |Ruby Simpson |Charlotte Ainsworth
In the most recent report of the ACCC’s Digital Platform Services Inquiry (‘Report’), the ACCC has found that consumers are unable to exercise choice or meaningful control over their data, and that consumers are mostly unaware of the extent to which their data is collected and how it may be used.
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May 13, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Shane Barber |Kristy Smith |Ethan Aitchison |Hamish Fraser |Belyndy Rowe |Chris Clarke | +13 more
Riding the wavePeak issues in Australian lawMay 2024ContentsForeword Employment Technology and communications Corporate Intellectual property Competition and regulatory Sport Disputes and investigations PropertyPage3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 122Bird & Bird LLPMay 2024ForewordAs we approach our 10th anniversary in the Australian market, there is much to celebrate.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 00535-3/abstract?rss=yes&sz=64)
biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com | Jeremy Miller |Christopher Abbott |Thomas Jones |Joel Upston
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Thomas Jones |Pauline Kuipers |Peter Willis |Maria Karpathakis |Reshmi Rampersad |Tenisha Cramer | +2 more
In this article, members of our international competition team share their insights on competition authorities’ investigations into both anticompetitive conduct and consumer harms. We focus on the investigation trends of the European Commission (EC), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Thomas Jones |Matthew Bovaird |Patrick Cordwell |Dylan McGirr
The advent of applications like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Dall-E has generated lots of discussion and debate about the broad impacts that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on societies and economies. An important aspect of that is whether the current regulatory ‘toolkit’ is sufficient to regulate generative AI. AI presents many appealing economic features that promise to advance the wellbeing of consumers. Its use could improve information flows and facilitate more transparent, efficient markets.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
grantthornton.com.au | Katherine Shamai |Thomas Jones |Jarrod Lean
The most recent version of the Payment Times Reporting (‘PTR’) Register, published in December 2023, included ‘Failure to comply’ notices for organisations determined by the Regulator to be non-compliant with reporting obligations.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Andrew Spencer |Thomas Jones
It's almost impossible to believe it, but this is the last
Dekagram of the year. We'd like to wish our readers a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and to thank them for their
support and companionship over 2023. We look forward to 2024, and
the results of the numerous government consultations currently
ongoing or very recently closed. And, of course, a number of
outstanding Supreme Court decisions, on everything from secondary
victims to ex turpi causa to vicarious liability.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Bovaird |Patrick Cordwell |Thomas Jones |Dylan McGirr
In May 2021, we published a short article noting that civil proceedings had been
commenced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
("ACCC") against Delta Building
Automation Ltd ("Delta") for alleged
contraventions of the cartel conduct prohibition.
