A judge has hit Alkaloids of Australia with a nearly $2 million penalty for engaging in cartel conduct and sentenced its former export manager to a term of imprisonment for his involvement in fixing prices for a key chemical in anti-spasmodic drug Buscopan.
A judge has approved a $1 million penalty against Queensland crane company NQ Cranes for engaging in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.
A judge has hit Optus, Telstra, and TPG with a total of $33.5 million in penalties for misleading thousands of NBN customers into paying for internet speeds that could not be achieved.
A judge has ordered Smile Direct Club and its Australian unit to pay a $3.5 million penalty and reimburse customers for misleading them into believing they would be reimbursed by their insurers for the dental care company’s costly teeth straighteners.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for a suite of new laws to curb âwidespread, entrenched, and systemicâ consumer and competition issues on digital platforms.
Optus has agreed to pay a $13.5 million penalty for misleading thousands of NBN customers into paying for internet plan speeds that could not be achieved, the telco’s third penalty in four years over misleading representations made in relation to its NBN services.
The outgoing deputy chair for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says Australia âreally needsâ a new unfair practices law, echoing sentiments from the regulatorâs former boss.
The consumer regulator has taken Dell Australia to court for allegedly making misleading statements about the price of add-on monitors that could be purchased with Dell computers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has drawn âa line in the sandâ on greenwashing and will no longer accept âpurely aspirationalâ climate change targets from companies, the regulatorâs deputy chair has said.
Queensland crane company NQCranes has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commissionâs case alleging it engaged in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.