Google has denied class action that it distorted competition in the app marketplace and left consumers paying higher prices, pointing out in its defence there are alternative app stores on its Android platform.
Apple has denied it engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating its App Store in a class action brought over allegedly inflated commissions on certain apps and in-app purchases.
The litigation funder bankrolling two competition class actions against Apple and Google has lost its bid to see evidence filed in a similar case by developer Epic Games, after concerns were raised about its potential use in overseas proceedings against Apple.
App developers can be added as group members in class actions against Apple and Google alleging they engaged in anti-competitive conduct in operating their app stores, despite Appleās concerns that the law firm running the case will owe conflicting duties.Ā
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven has lost its appeal of a $595,000 judgment handed down after a court found a franchisee signed a franchise agreement and invested almost $796,000 into a Melbourne store under false pretences.
Lawyerly’s Litigation Law Firms of 2022 racked up precedent-setting victories in a year that continued to see major developments in class action law.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has urged the Full Court to toss ASIC’s challenge to a decision dismissing its conflicted remuneration case over the bankās sale of its Essential Super product, saying the appeal suffered from āfatalā flaws.
GetSwift has been hit with a $15M penalty and several of its directors have been slapped with substantial penalties after the company was found to have misled shareholders in breach of the Corporations Act.
A judge has grilled the former general counsel of defunct logistics company GetSwift about why he did not confront the company’s directors for ābullyingā other executives when they raised concerns about alleged continuous disclosure breaches.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed an appeal after a judge dismissed its case alleging the Commonwealth Bank of Australia accepted conflicted remuneration through the sale of its Essential Super product, finding it was āmisconceivedā.