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Dell cops $10M penalty for misleading customers about discounts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-14 1:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dell Australia has been ordered to pay a $10 million penalty for making false and misleading representations about the discount prices of add-on computer monitors.

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Telstra, TPG give up fight over $1.8B network sharing deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-14 2:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Telstra and TPG will not challenge a decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to uphold the ACCC’s rejection of their proposed regional network sharing agreement.

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Ousted partner claims he was defamed by PwC amid tax leaks crisis
Defamation 2023-08-11 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner may launch defamation proceedings against the professional services firm over two press releases which he says falsely linked him to a tax leaks scandal in an attempt to ā€œoffer scapegoatsā€ to the public.Ā 

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PwC partner wins lawsuit over forced departure
Tax 2023-08-11 10:47 am By Cindy Cameronne

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has won his lawsuit against the professional services firm over his forced dismissal, with a judge finding the decision breached a partnership agreement and that the firm had acknowledged the partner did not misuse confidential ATO information.

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AMP sets aside $50M for BOLR class action as it mulls appeal
Class Actions 2023-08-10 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP has set aside $50 million in its financial statement for the first half of 2023 to cover potential liability in a class action won last month by financial advisers over the wealth manager’s buyer of last resort policy.

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Corrs, DLA Piper pick up tax specialists from embattled PwC
Business of Law 2023-08-10 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Troubled professional services firm PwC has lost two partners to law firms Corrs Chambers Westgarth and DLA Piper.

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EY points finger at Blue Sky in shareholder class action defence
Class Actions 2023-07-31 10:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Auditor Ernst & Young has filed cross-claims against Blue Sky in a shareholder class action accusing the collapsed investment firm of misleading shareholders by misstating its assets under management.

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Linchpin liquidators have case against Grant Thornton, Moore Stephens: judge
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-07-26 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found that a case brought by the liquidators of investment firm Linchpin Capital against auditors Grant Thornton and Moore Stephens for signing off on the compliance plan for a registered fund that allegedly misused investor money has legs.

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Peloton resolves trade mark case against Mad Dogg on eve of trial
Intellectual Property 2023-07-26 4:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Just days before trial, exercise bike giant Peloton Interactive has dropped its lawsuit against California fitness company Mad Dogg Athletics that sought removal of Mad Dogg’s ‘spinning’ trade mark.

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Administrator can’t claw back security for costs in case by failed company
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-07-21 1:16 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a bid by the administrator of a collapsed company to claw back a payment of security for costs made in earlier litigation, which he found did not give rise to a relevant security interest.

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