The ACCC is seeking views on a proposed undertaking by Woolworths aimed at allaying the regulator’s concerns about its planned $552 million acquisition of a 65 per cent stake in wholesale food distributor PFD Food Services.
A Victoria Supreme Court judge has rejected a post-trial bid to keep details of the 2019 sale of Cargill’s malt business under wraps in a long-running case over Viterra’s $420 million sale of its Joe White business, finding the move would be contrary to the principles of open justice where no harm from disclosure had been demonstrated.
A judge has hit solar panel supplier Vic Solar with a $3 million penalty for breaching the consumer law by making misleading representations in thousands of door-to-door sales of solar panels.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking leave to intervene in Epic Games’ appeal of a ruling that sent its misuse of market power lawsuit against Apple to California so that it can argue the case should be heard in Australia.
The Corner Hotel is taking another stab at cancelling a rival club’s ‘jazz corner’ and ‘jazz corner hotel trade marks’, after a judge found the marks did not infringe the famed Richmond pub’s ‘corner’ trade marks.
A judge has refused an application by US almond supplier Blue Diamond for over $200,000 in security for costs in proceedings over a disputed licensing deal with Freedom Foods, saying it should have been evident that the bid was “unjustified”.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has proposed to deny authorisation for Qantas to coordinate with Japan Airlines on flights between Australia and Japan despite the regulator’s increased flexibility on the travel sector during COVID-19.
BlueScope Steel has raised concerns over the ACCC’s subpoenas to produce documents in its civil penalty proceedings against the steel company, saying it may significantly broaden the regulator’s claims about which businesses are its competitors.
The ACCC has secured a misuse of market power declaration against Tasmanian government-owned TasPorts in the regulator’s first action under amended competition laws, but the ports company will not pay a penalty as part of an agreement to resolve the case.
Costly add-on therapies sold by Monash IVF to thousands of women undergoing IVF — including pre-implantation genetic testing — are the targets of a new class action investigation.