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King & Wood Mallesons nabs Gilbert + Tobin competition ace
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-06-02 9:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Top tier law firm King & Wood Mallesons has lured leading competition lawyer Luke Woodward to bolster its regulatory practice.

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Aveo slams ‘extraordinary’ and ‘unprecedented’ funding order in class action
Class Actions 2022-06-01 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

A foreshadowed application for a funding order in a class action that would put a lien on some group members’ homes was “entirely unprecedented and without jurisprudential basis”, retirement home provider Aveo Group has said.

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‘High prices, worse service’: Optus CEO lashes proposed TPG-Telstra deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-06-01 10:19 pm By Harry Thomas

The CEO of Optus has come out swinging against a proposed 10-year agreement between TPG and Telstra to share mobile network infrastructure and spectrum in parts of regional Australia, warning it would harm consumers.

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Class action investigation targets Mercedes-Benz over recall
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-05-31 6:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Mercedes-Benz is facing a potential class action over a recall affecting over 17,000 vehicles installed with faulty brake boosters.

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Roof tiling companies to cop penalty in ACCC cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-05-31 9:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two Sydney roof tiling businesses have made admissions in civil penalty proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging they rigged bids for construction at the University of Sydney.

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ACCC swipes at Mastercard for alleged interchange rate agreement with retailers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-05-30 1:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has taken Mastercard to court for allegedly misusing its market power by giving major retailers discounted interchange rates in exchange for them agreeing to process their debit card transactions through Mastercard instead of the cheaper eftpos network.

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ANZ wrongly slapped customers with cash advance fees, ASIC claims
Financial Services 2022-05-30 11:17 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group hit hundreds of thousands of customers with cash advance fees after providing them with incorrect account balances, and the Big Four bank has still not rectified the problem, ASIC alleges in new civil penalty proceedings.

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EY settles class action claims over Slater & Gordon audits
Class Actions 2022-05-26 10:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Ernst & Young has settled all claims against it in a shareholder class action alleging the Big Four accounting firm and Pitcher Partners signed off on an overly rosy year-end financial report that failed to disclose risks and impairments associated with the law firm’s disastrous $1.2 billion acquisition of UK insurance claims company Quindell.

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Dover Financial, ex-director mull lawsuit against ASIC
Financial Services 2022-05-26 9:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Defunct financial advisory firm Dover Financial and its former director have taken ASIC to court seeking discovery as they mull a potential lawsuit against the corporate regulator.

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MIS regime ‘just cannot work’ for class action funding arrangements, court told
Class Actions 2022-05-25 10:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A litigation funder challenging a decision underpinning recently enacted rules that require class actions to be registered as managed investment schemes told an appeals court Wednesday the decision was plainly wrong and the regime unworkable.

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