The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised preliminary competition concerns about Endeavour Group’s proposed acquisition of the Beachfront Hotel north of Darwin, saying it could stymie competition in the local market for takeaway liquor.
The ACCC has lost proceedings accusing Google of duping millions of Australians into agreeing to expand the scope of personal information the tech giant could collect and combine for use in targeted advertising.Ā
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has largely won its case against BlueScope Steel and former general manager Jason Ellis alleging they engaged in āserious cartel conductā in relation to the supply of flat steel products in Australia.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken online florist Bloomex to court for allegedly violating the Australian Consumer Law by posting misleading customer ratings on its website.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought action against mining equipment company Qteq and its executive chairman Simon Ashton over allegations of bid rigging and other cartel conduct.
A judge has imposed a $21 million penalty on Uber for misleading customers through platform-wide cancellation messages and estimated fares on its Uber Taxi option, $5 million short of the āvery substantialā sum jointly agreed by the parties.
Carnival unit P&O Cruises has been hit with a class action by passengers who say their holidays were ruined by norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship.
Jaguar Land Rover is staring down a second class action on behalf of consumers who purchased cars with allegedly defective diesel filters over an 11-year period.
ASIC has taken American Express Australia to court over two credit cards co-branded with department store David Jones which the regulator alleges customers mistakenly believed were loyalty cards.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought proceedings against Telstra alleging it misled almost 9,000 customers about the upload speed of its budget internet provider Belong.Ā