Apple has made exceptional profits skimming a 30 per cent commission from sales on its app store, dubbed by the tech giant’s CEO an “economic miracle”, Epic Games has said on the first day of trial in a landmark competition case.
An Australian court will get a chance to weigh in on whether Apple and Google violated their dominant position in the app marketplace by requiring developers to use their payment systems or face a 30 per cent fee, when trial kicks off Monday in Fortnite game maker Epic Games’ case and two related class actions against the tech giants.
A judge has handed Ultra Tune a $1.5 million fine for contempt, saying the car repair franchise failed to meet the requirements of a court-ordered compliance program, instituted after the company copped a $2 million fine for contravening its disclosure obligations to franchisees.
The future of a competition class action against AGL Energy is in doubt after being abandoned by its funder, despite evading the energy supplierâs bid to dismiss the case.
A judge overseeing the Australian Competition and Consumer Commissionâs case alleging auto mechanic Ultra Tune failed to comply with court orders has labelled its managing director Sean Buckley as âone of the more dreadful witnessesâ he had seen.
A judge has largely granted a bid by port operations provider Engage Marine to obtain copies of restricted documents in the ACCCâs case against TasPorts as it mounts its own case against the government-owned body, despite noting that principles of open justice donât dictate an âopen slatherâ approach to documents.
Port operations provider Engage Marine is seeking to obtain copies of restricted documents in the ACCCâs case against TasPorts, as it mounts its own competition suit against the Tasmanian government-owned body.
Ultra Tune has failed to prove its managing director is mentally incapacitated and unable to give evidence at a sentencing hearing for contempt of court after he was seen earlier this week attending a hearing in a criminal case on charges of stalking his ex-girlfriend.
A law firm has dropped plans to bring a second set of class actions alleging Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their app stores, but will act as an “agent” for the first-to-file firm.
Agricultural equipment supplier Agrison has been ordered to pay a $220,000 pecuniary penalty after admitting to misleading its customers about the terms of its tractor warranties.