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The ACCC has cleared Woolworths' planned $552 million acquisition of a 65 per cent stake in wholesale food distributor PFD Food Services without the supermarket giant's proposed undertaking to maintain independence between the company for three years.

Volkswagen has asked the High Court to throw out a a landmark $125 million penalty over its emissions cheating scandal, the highest ever handed down in Australia for consumer law violations.

Video game developer Epic Games has asked the Full Federal Court to overturn an "illogical" decision sending its competition lawsuit against Apple to California, saying the move would have a "chilling effect" on the enforcement of Australia's competition laws.

Telecommunications companies Dodo and iPrimus must pay $2.5 million in penalties for making misleading claims about their NBN broadband speeds, a court has ruled.

JPMorgan is fighting to keep details of failed settlement talks with ASIC under wraps in criminal cartel proceedings over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, as ANZ seeks to uncover whether the corporate regulator made a deal with the investment bank ahead of the cartel case being filed.

Mosaic Brands has paid $630,000 in penalties after being hit with infringement notices by the ACCC for misleading claims made about hand sanitiser and masks sold on its websites at the height of COVID-19 pandemic last year.

The failed franchisor behind the Jump Swim Schools brand has been hit with a $23 million penalty for what a Federal Court judge found were "very serious" consumer law contraventions.

Several banks and executives facing criminal cartel charges over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement have won access to interview notes taken by whistleblower JP Morgan prior to it being granted immunity, which the banks say will prove inconsistencies in the prosecution's case.

Telstra has been fined $50 million for using unconscionable tactics to sign up more than 100 Indigenous customers with post-paid mobile plans they didn't understand and could not afford, the second highest penalty ever imposed for consumer law violations.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought proceedings against industrial technology company Delta Building Automation for allegedly attempting to rig a bid for a tender by the National Gallery of Australia.