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The ACCC has taken car importer LDV to court for allegedly representing to consumers that certain car models were durable and suitable for off-road conditions, when in reality they were prone to rusting within five years of purchase.
A judge has struck out a circular and confusing group definition in an emissions cheat class action against Mercedes-Benz, but has given the class action the chance to replead.
A judge has found that Queensland-based mining equipment company Qteq and its chairman engaged in cartel conduct, including attempting to rig a multi-million dollar tender.
A judge has been asked to approve a $64.25 million settlement in a class action against the trustees of the MLC Super Fund, hearing the settlement, reached just prior to the dismissal of a similar class action, was on the “higher end”.
Clorox has been hit with a $8.25 million penalty for representing to consumers that certain GLAD garbage bags were sourced from plastic fished from the ocean.
A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over alleged loss-making Pie Face stores has been ordered to hand over $3.7 million in security, with a judge finding it was not likely to stultify the class action.
Bupa has been hit with a class action alleging it violated consumer laws by providing poor-quality care to residents at aged care facilities.
Applicants in class actions against Hyundai and Kia have complained they are being left in the dark about whether a competing set of cases will amend their pleadings ahead of next month's law firm carriage fight.
ACCC commissioner Liza Carver is leaving the regulator just three years into a five-year tenure, at a time of a noticeable drop in enforcement by the competition cop under Gina Cass-Gottlieb.
Port logistics giant Qube has won the ACCC's blessing to buy port operations provider MIRRAT under the condition that it agree to not discriminate against downstream competitors at the Port of Melbourne.