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IC Markets hit with class action over risky CFDs
Sydney-based online broker International Capital Markets has been hit with a class action, and is facing the threat of another representative proceeding by investors who lost money trading risky contracts for difference.
ACCC warns of higher prices, weakened competition in push for merger reform
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has renewed its calls for the government to adopt its proposed reforms to the merger regime, warning that consumers and businesses will pay the price for continuing anti-competitive mergers which enable parties to engage in “legal brinkmanship” with the regulator.
Airbnb to pay $15M penalty for displaying prices in US dollars
A judge has hit Airbnb with a $15 million penalty for misleading Australian consumers by displaying accommodation prices in US dollars, on top a $15 million consumer redress scheme the vacation rental giant has implemented.
In second securities class action failure in two days, IOOF shareholders lose out
A judge has dismissed a securities class action against Insignia Financial, formerly known as IOOF, in the second judgement in two days to find no loss to shareholders.
Australia Post to pay $2.9M compensation for lost or damaged parcels
Australia Post has agreed to compensate business for lost or damaged parcels after admitting it likely engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct when it refused claims for compensation.
Rival law firms will cooperate on Qantas class action after judge says both ‘at fault’
Two law firms running competing class actions against Qantas over flight cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic have agreed to cooperate after a judge took them to task for revising their funding positions in the lead up to a courtroom battle.
Honda cops $6M penalty for misleading customers about dealerships
Honda Australia has been hit with a $6 million penalty for misleading communications made to customers of three dealerships during a restructuring in which the car maker's shuttered its independent dealer network in favour of an agency model.
Maurice Blackburn beats out rival in contest to run Hino class action
A judge has awarded carriage of a class action against Toyota unit Hino to Maurice Blackburn, finding that the law firm’s experience and resources trumped those of small personal injury firm Gerard Malouf & Partners, despite its alliance with a large US firm. 
ACCC blocks ACL’s proposed $1.5B Healius takeover, as offer taken off table
Despite proposing a divestiture as part of its planned takeover of Healius, Australian Clinical Labs has failed to win the approval of the competition regulator for the $1.5 billion deal.
You snooze, you lose sales tactic targeted in ACCC case against mattress supplier Emma Sleep
Online mattress retailer Emma Sleep faces enforcement action by the ACCC alleging the company's ad campaigns were false and misleading when they implied prices had been discounted and that sales offers would not last long.