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GM accused of ‘curating’ witnesses in Holden dealers trial
Trials 2023-09-26 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

General Motors has been accused of having ā€œcarefully curatedā€ its list of witnesses to avoid giving evidence about the car makerā€™s decision to stop supplying Holden-branded vehicles in Australia, as trial in a class action by Holden dealers kicks off.

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BlueScope appeals ACCC win in case over attempted price fixing
Appeals 2023-09-25 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

BlueScope Steel is challenging a ruling that it pay a record $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted price fixing with flat steel distributors.

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GM looks to dodge class action costs after settling with lead plaintiff
Automotive 2023-09-20 11:40 pm By Sam Matthews

General Motors could be stuck paying more costs than it bargained for after it settled with the lead plaintiff in a class action over a decision to retire the Holden brand.

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Holden dealers reject GM’s bleak alternate reality in class action
Class Actions 2023-09-13 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

Holden dealers in a class action over GM’s decision to retire the brand in March 2020 have taken issue with the car maker’s counterfactual in defence, which argues the plant supplying Holden’s best-selling models would have closed anyway.

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ACCC takes action over eHarmony’s ‘subscription trap’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-07 3:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken eHarmony Inc to court, alleging the dating site misled users about its advertised ‘free dating’ membership and that its automatic renewal was a ā€œsubscription trapā€.Ā 

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Swift Networks cops $1.2M penalty for rigging bids
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-07 10:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Telco Swift Networks has been hit with a $1.2 million penalty for bid rigging and price fixing in the tender process for supplying IT and communications equipment for three Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals mining projects in WA’s Pilbara region.

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BlueScope hit with record $57.5M penalty for attempted price-fixing
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-29 11:35 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has hit BlueScope Steel with a $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted cartel conduct and ordered a former executive to personally pay a $575,000 penalty.

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United Petroleum class action fights ‘stultifying’ security bid
Franchises 2023-08-29 9:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over the installation of allegedly loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites is fighting two applications for security for costs which it says canā€™t be met, as funders take little interest in the case.

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University of Sydney can’t advance ‘unclear’ claims over flammable building panels
Construction 2023-08-25 1:02 pm By Sam Matthews

The University of Sydney has lost a bid to amend its claims against a consultant in litigation over allegedly defective building work carried out on its Charles Perkins Centre in Camperdown.

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With settlement attempts a bust, Navy training class action goes to referee
Class Actions 2023-08-23 4:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A referee will calculate individual damages for 290 former Royal Australian Navy sailors after failed attempts at a settlement in a class action against the Department of Defence, in which a judge ruled the government owed compensation.

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