Australia: Issued Federal Court ruling in ASIC public lawsuit against PayPal for using an unfair contract term with small businesses

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Issued Federal Court ruling in ASIC public lawsuit against PayPal for using an unfair contract term with small businesses

On 5 July 2024, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that the Federal Court of Australia issued a ruling, declaring a term used by PayPal Australia in its standard form contracts with small businesses to be unfair. T…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
digital payment provider (incl. cryptocurrencies)
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2023-09-07
under deliberation

On 7 September 2023, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) filed a public law…

2024-07-05
in force

On 5 July 2024, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that the Fede…