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Midland Metals loses challenge to ‘deceptive’ letters by cable makers group
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-17 2:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Singapore-based cable manufacturer Midland Metals has lost its appeal of a  judgment that found the Australian Cablemakers Association did not violate the consumer laws when it sent letters to several Ministers complaining that an electrical cable supplied by Midland was unsafe.

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Parmalat loses opposition to a2 trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-04-16 3:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Dairy giant Parmalat has come up short in its attempt to block competitor The a2 Milk Company from registering a trade mark in Australia for a logo featuring the words “A2/A2 Genetics Verification”.

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Bupa Aged Care hit with ACCC action for allegedly misleading residents over extra services
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-16 2:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought legal action against Bupa alleging the aged care provider charged thousands of residents for promised extra services it did not provide.

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Aussie social media startup wins injunction against Facebook, Instagram in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-15 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

An Australian marketing company that allows clients to schedule socal media posts has won a temporary court injunction against Facebook and Instagram in a lawsuit alleging a decision to block the startup from their platforms is a misuse of market power.

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ACCC, FBI to step up cartel busting cooperation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-15 5:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation have signed an agreement under which the agencies will work more closely to target cartels and other anti-competitive behaviour.

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ACCC accuses iSelect of misleading customers over cheapest energy plans
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-12 9:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed Federal Court proceedings against comparison website iSelect for allegedly favouring energy plans offered by preferred retail partners over other, cheaper alternatives.

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ACCC brings criminal cartel charges against money transfer business
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-11 9:12 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought criminal cartel charges against a money transfer business and five individuals for allegedly fixing the foreign exchange rate on millions of dollars transferred between Australia and Vietnam between 2011 and 2016.

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CBA customers offered $9.3M for bad financial advice
Financial Services 2019-04-10 2:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has offered $9.3 million since 2014 to customers that suffered loss when advisers in two of its financial planning units put their money into high-risk investments without their permission.

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Charges still not finalised in groundbreaking ANZ criminal cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-09 11:05 am By Miklos Bolza

Charges in the criminal cartel case against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank over a $2.5 billion ANZ institutional share placement have yet to be finalised, almost a year after the proceeding was filed.

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ANZ mulled repricing controversial $2.5B capital raising, ASIC claims
Securities 2019-04-08 10:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

ANZ Bank executives briefly considered relaunching and repricing a botched $2.5 billion equity capital raising at the heart of two groundbreaking enforcement actions, and the decision by the share placement’s underwriters to instead pick up a $790 million shortfall deprived investors of lower priced shares, a court has been told.

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