Volkswagen has been ordered for a third time to provide the court with the names of employees who were involved in approving the emissions cheat software that’s at the center of litigation by Australia’s consumer regulator and several class actions against the German car maker.
A former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged in the US with conspiracy and fraud over the car maker’s long-running scam to cheat emissions tests, two months after VW faced trial in Australia over dieselgate.
The long awaited second phase in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s cartel proceedings against Air New Zealand has been set down for June 27, one year after the High Court ruled the airline had breached Australia’s competition law.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking more information from Pacific National and Aurizon on their proposed merger, after the regulator’s preliminary review found the deal raises significant competition concerns.
A dispute with litigation funder Martin Place Litigation Services has cast doubt over whether Bannister Law can continue to lead a massive class action against Ford, the Federal Court heard Tuesday.
The Federal Court has ruled that the Ford Motor Company of Australia engaged in unconscionable conduct towards customers complaining about their troubled PowerShift transmission systems, and ordered the company to pay $10 million in penalties.
A judge has shot down a union bid to stall a lawsuit over picketing at the new ‘robo’ terminal in Port Melbourne pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the merger of the CFMEU with two other unions.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has delayed its decision on the proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sydney’s WestConnex toll road by the Sydney Transport Partners Consortium after requesting more information on the deal.
A seventy-eight-year-old man has taken Qantas to court over injuries allegedly suffered when headphones provided by the airline for in-flight entertainment exploded during a flight.
The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the regulator will scrutinise Uber Eats’ contracts with the restaurants that provide the food for its delivery service, in the wake of complaints from restaurants that the delivery service imposes unfair contract terms.