In the first criminal prosecution of its kind against an Australian corporation, prosecutors on Thursday charged a Victorian health care company and its managing director over an alleged wheelchair cartel.
Wholesale satellite broadband provider Ipstar Australia has lost a bid to overturn a $7 million judgment against it for allegedly providing defective equipment and engaging in unconscionable conduct in violation of consumer law.
TheĀ Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union has been hit with a record $1 million fine for secondary boycotts at construction sites around Melbourne, a big win for Australia’s consumer regulator in its five-year legal battle with the union.
A Federal Court judge may rule as early as Friday on whether Volkswagen should be required to answer questions about alleged emissions defeat device software installed in more than 90,000 cars in Australia before the first trial kicks off next month.
Vodafone will have to cough up $295,000 to cover the legal bills of the ACCC and Telstra after falling short in its bid for judicial review of an ACCC decision not to declare a domestic mobile roaming service.
Five automakers have reportedly now been sued by law firm Quinn Emanuel over defective Takata airbags.
Optus has been sued for allegedly pressuring customers to move to the National Broadband Network before they needed to make the switch.
The Australian Competition Tribunal has for a second time signed off on Tabcorp’s $11 billion merger with lotto giant Tatts, a deal the competition regulator fought hard to stop.
BrisConnections’ receiver PPB Advisory has settled its $2.2 billion lawsuit against engineering consultant Arup, a court was told Monday.
A judge has given the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission a chance to amend its case against Apple alleging iPhone and iPad users were misled about their rights to have faulty devices repaired free of charge.