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The High Court has found derivative crown immunity did not allow the NSW government to enter into alleged anti-competitive agreements when privatising two ports, disagreeing with a decision in a related case by the ACCC.
Mastercard risked losing half its revenue from retail interchange fees as a result of the Reserve Bank's least-cost routing initiative, and struck deals with top retailers to defend its core business, a court was told Wednesday.
A trial judge has heard that Mastercard's top Australian executives discussed stripping Woolworths of strategic merchant status if the supermarket giant routed customer transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network.
Mastercard's Australia boss was anxious to sign a deal with Woolworths on payments processing after learning that Coles had chosen to route all debit transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network, a court has heard.
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A judge has ruled that lender Monland can recover a $39 million debt against the director of a property developer whose Hawthorn project encountered “severe difficulties”.
Competition lawyer Mark Grime has been recruited by Thomson Geer, making the jump from Clifford Chance.
Gadens has brought on eight new partners, building out its offering for in-demand practices like corporate, financial services and real estate and construction.
A judge has again voiced doubts about the ACCC's misleading conduct case over Woolworths' 'Prices Dropped' campaign, probing counsel for the regulator at length on Thursday about how the claims stack up.
Lawyers running a class action against Qantas over flight cancellations during COVID-19 will take home $15 million from a $105 million settlement, while the funder is set to receive another $25 million, a court has heard.
Mastercard considered threatening Coles with losing its discounted interchange fees to rival Woolworths if the supermarket chain re-routed customer debit and credit transactions away from the payments giant, a trial judge has heard in the ACCC's misuse of market power case.