A producer of diet pills has used the image of celebrity chef, Julie Goodwin, in pursuit of increasing sales. It has come to light that the celebrity chef is now considering legal action. The company, Garcinia Total, reappropriated images of the former MasterChef winner from a recent piece about her in the Australian Women’s Weekly, Read More...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently issued fines to Supabarn Supermarkets Pty Ltd (Supabarn) and The Real Juice Company Pty Ltd (Real Juice) over false representations regarding Real Juice products sold at Supabarn. The regulator found various statements made in relation to private label apple juice and cranberry juice to be false, misleading Read More...
Sending electronic marketing communication direct to consumers is an effective way of getting noticed. This kind of marketing is not new, but as some brands have been learning, its not always welcome. It turns out that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has taken a particular dislike toward unsolicited marketing material recently. This year Read More...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has won penalties of more than $30,000 from Basfoods (Aust) Pty Ltd (Basfoods) for false and misleading representations about honey. The regulator issued three infringement notices to Basfoods over its “Victoria Honey” product, which was made from corn and cane sugars and originated in Turkey. It alleged that Read More...
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd has paid infringement notices totaling $61,200 for alleged breaches of the Australian Consumer Law. Under the Australian Consumer Law, the country of origin of goods must not be misrepresented. Read more.
As featured by mybusiness.com.au In his first My Business blog, social media legal expert Jamie White outlines five Facebook rules that are often broken by businesses using the social media network as a marketing tool and explains how you can stay in play. Read more.