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No docs, no Tim Cook: Epic Games assails Apple’s ‘contrived’ defence in trial’s closing arguments
Trials 2024-06-24 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Video game maker Epic Games has attacked as “entirely contrived” the defence by Apple in closing submissions in a Federal Court trial of its landmark competition case, pointing to the tech giant’s lack of evidence, including from CEO Tim Cook.

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Judge penalises National Gallery contractor $1.5M in ACCC bid-rigging case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-06-04 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has been hit with a $1.5 million penalty after it was found liable for attempting to rig a bid for construction work on the National Gallery of Australia, a penalty five times the sum it asked the court to impose.

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Judge gives vent to class action pet peeves in approving $1M Axsesstoday settlement
Class Actions 2024-05-30 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Approving a settlement between insurers and group members in an investor class action against lender Axsesstoday, a judge has aired his frustration with expansive confidentiality provisions and deeds that “misapprehend the nature of the court’s role” in dealing with group members’ claims. 

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Insurers to pay $1M in Axsesstoday class action settlement
Class Actions 2024-05-16 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Four insurers have agreed to fork over $1 million to settle an investor class action against lender Axsesstoday over an allegedly misleading prospectus for a bond offering, while claims against PricewaterhouseCoopers will move forward.

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Qantas to pay $120M to settle ACCC’s ‘ghost flights’ case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-05-06 8:29 am By Christine Caulfield

Qantas will pay a $100 million penalty and another $20 million in compensation in a settlement of the ACCC’s so-called ghost flights case that includes an admission by the airline that it engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in selling tickets for cancelled flights.

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Insurers for failed finance lender Axsesstoday settle class action claims
Class Actions 2024-05-06 2:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action against failed asset finance lender Axsesstoday and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers has reached an in-principle settlement with the lender’s insurers.

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Epic Games case against Google ‘more ambitious’ than claims against Apple, court told
Trials 2024-03-26 10:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Epic Games’ case alleging Google ran its Play Store anti-competitively is “significantly more ambitious” than the Fortnite game maker’s claims against Apple, according to the search giant, which says its restraints are “more flexible and less draconian” than the iPhone maker’s.

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Apple says Fortnite maker paid no commission on US$3.8B in V-Bucks sales
Trials 2024-03-25 10:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Hitting back at claims that its App Store stifles competition, Apple has told a trial that app developers have myriad ways of maximising profits without paying it a commission, noting Epic Games made US$3.8 billion from in-game currency V-Bucks in 2021.

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Google slams ‘opportunistic’ app store class actions
Trials 2024-03-21 3:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google has criticised two competition class actions which piggyback on claims brought by Fornite developer Epic Games as “opportunistic”, but counsel for the class actions told a court the suits on behalf of more than 15 million group members were in the public interest.

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Judge worries Apple misused court submissions to ‘pressure’ Epic Games overseas
Trials 2024-03-20 9:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing a landmark competition case against Apple and Google has questioned whether Apple’s US lawyers wrongly used court submissions in Australia to put pressure on Epic Games in Europe and justify temporarily removing its developer account. 

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