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Meta can’t be left in the dark about ACCC’s crypto ads case, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-12 2:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The consumer regulator must identify the advertisements it relies on to prove its case against Meta over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook, with a judge saying the social media giant should know the case it has to meet.

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Telstra fights silk’s claims over email bounce-back
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-09 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has hit back at a senior barrister’s suit alleging it flags his emails to Bigpond addresses as spam and fails to send them, saying the problem has already been fixed. 

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High Court to hear competition cop’s appeal in CFMEU boycott case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-08 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has taken up the ACCC’s boycott case against builder J Hutchinson and the controversial construction union, an appeal that gives the court the chance to clarify the standard for proving an anti-competitive arrangement.

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Judge says colleague’s recusal decision in Sunshine Loans case ‘most unusual’
Appeals 2024-08-06 11:08 pm By Andy Sidler

The Full Court is set to weigh in on whether judges who make adverse findings on credibility during the liability phase of a hearing should recuse themselves from determining penalty, an issue which a judge has said may require a new court protocol.

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Judge who worried about ‘strange’ funding agreement OKs $23.1M cut for Augusta
Class Actions 2024-08-06 11:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on a $23.1 million cut for funder Augusta of a $100 million settlement in a class action against Colonial First State, which he previously called “strange” and said may not reflect the risk the funder shared with Slater & Gordon in running the case.

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Secure Parking to pay $10.95M penalty for misleading car reservation service
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-08 11:23 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Car park operator Secure Parking has been hit with a $10.95 million penalty for misleading consumers in major cities about its car reservation service, causing them to be late or miss appointments and work commitments entirely.

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Mount Pleasant coal mine engineers have partial win over CEO statement on eve of $270M trial
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-05 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

G&S Engineering and its parent company, DRA Global, can redact what a court has found is privileged information provided in a witness statement by a former top executive, in the latest interlocutory stoush ahead of trial in a high stakes dispute with MACH Energy.

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Firm accused of copying rivals’ class action pleadings loses IC Markets beauty parade
Class Actions 2024-08-02 10:13 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Two judges have declined to award carriage of a class action against International Capital Markets over risky derivative products to a firm accused of plagiarising its rivals’ pleading.

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ACCC approves Louis Dreyfus’ proposed acquisition of Namoi Cotton
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-01 11:31 pm By Andy Sidler

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved France-based Louis Dreyfus’ proposed acquisition of ASX-traded cotton gin operator Namoi Cotton, after accepting an undertaking that allayed its competition concerns.

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Rex Airlines files for administration, with 600 jobs on the line
Restructuring & Insolvency 2024-07-31 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Regional air carrier Rex Airlines has filed for voluntary administration after failing to compete with Qantas and Virgin on major routes.

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