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Lisat Holdings Pty Ltd (Lisat Holdings) operates 8 leather lounge retail outlets across Queensland and NSW under the name of Rubelli Designs.
Lisat Holdings advertised extensively from at least January 2007 to March 2008, placing up to 35 advertisements per month in catalogues, newspapers, radio and television across QLD and NSW.
WPP Group plc. (WPP) proposes to acquire Taylor Nelson Sofres plc. (TNS).
The Mobile Generation I BV, a Dutch based company and its related Australian based company, TMG Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, have provided an undertaking to address the ACCC's concerns regarding their promotion via an internet pop-up of a Wixawin mobile premium subscription quiz service.
The ACCC’s main concerns were:
the use of the Woolworths logo in the promotion;
that the promotion did not make it clear that residents of the ACT, Victoria and Queensland were ineligible for any prizes, but would still incur charges for participating; and
that the other relevant terms and conditions, including cost, were provided as fine print disclaimers.
TMG I BV and TMG Asia Pacific Pty Ltd have agreed as part of their undertaking to communicate clearly in any future promotions:
who is eligible to enter the competition;
the nature of the services provided;
who the services are being promoted by; and
the terms and conditions (including as to price) to which consumer's agree when they acquire the services.
As part of providing court orders by consent as a result of a separate investigation for its TV ads, TMG Asia Pacific will be implementing a trade practices compliance program.
Global Web Enterprises Pty Ltd(GWE) and Mr Brendon Nicholas, director, has admitted to developing and causing to be published a website at the domain www.cashfororgans.com.au that contained representations that were misleading and deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive under s52 of the Trade Practices Act.
Mr Brendon Nicholas have provided court enforceable undertakings to the ACCC that he will not cause to be re-published or otherwise involved in the re-publication by any persons of the cash for organs website, solicit any person to make a payment for membership and represent that persons can lawfully buy or sell organs through the use of the website.
Mr Brendon Nicholas also provided undertakings to the ACCC that he will not represent that the site is in any way affiliated with medical professionals and represent via a website that a person has provided a testimonial in relation to the goods or services when that is not the case.
Mr Nicholas further undertakes to attend a trade practices compliance seminar within six weeks of commencing or joining the operations of any new business, trading via a website or joining the operations of any new training company, and within six months of this undertaking coming into effect complete twenty hours of volunteer work with a registered health charity.
On 26 September 2008, the ACCC accepted the undertaking of Shane Burt, a director of Toll Holdings Ltd and/or its related bodies corporate.
Under the undertaking Mr Shane Burt agrees to sell down any interest he has in Asciano Limited and thereafter maintain his independence from Asciano.
In addition, Mr Shane Burt must immediately resign from all positions within Toll, and take no further part in the company, if he ceases to meet the requisite standards of independence.
The undertaking is associated with the fifth variation, accepted by the ACCC on 18 April 2007, to the undertaking given by Toll to the ACCC on 11 March 2006. The fifth variation relates to Toll’s restructure of its group businesses by way of scheme of arrangement to create a new listed entity and trust, Asciano.
The ACCC's decision to consent to the fifth variation is given effect through the following documents:
a variation to Toll's undertakings
a new undertaking from Asciano Limited, and
new undertakings from the directors of Toll and Asciano.
A copy of those documents can be viewed on the ACCC’s website.