Tech giant Apple will not be forced to hand over documents about Australian users to Epic Games ahead of argument on Apple’s application to shut down the game maker’s competition case, a judge has ruled, likening Epic’s imprecise notice to produce to the “cheerful pastime of drift netting”.
Medical device giant Boston Scientific faces a class action on behalf of women who allege they suffered debilitating injuries from the company’s pelvic mesh products.
More than half of the $37.75 million settlement reached in a shareholder class action against aged care provider Estia Health will be left for distribution to group members if the settlement is approved at an upcoming hearing.
A court has found national delivery company Megasave Couriers misled franchisees with false promises of guaranteed minimum weekly payments and annual income.
The ACCC’s cartel case against family-owned crane company NQCranes suffers from ‘incoherence’, the company’s counsel told the Federal Court on Monday ahead of an application to strike out a large portion of the regulator’s case.
The State of Queensland and subcontractor Sunwater have agreed to pay $440 million to settle part of a class action over the 2011 floods in Queensland that destroyed 2,000 homes in the state.
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has successfully defended a consumer law and intellectual property lawsuit brought over its use of a replica of the famous Fearless Girl statue by US financial services giant State Street Global Advisors.
Historical legislation by the Morrison government requiring Google and Facebook to pay for news on their platforms has passed parliament after amendments were won by the digital giants.
Social media giant Facebook has announced it will soon reverse its ban on news pages in Australia after discussions with the Morrison government resulted in changes to the mandatory arbitration requirements found in the proposed Australian media bargaining code.
Australia’s merger laws are not fit for purpose and the current approach to merger control needs to be rebalanced, the head of the ACCC has said in setting down the regulator’s agenda for 2021.