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Coles faced forfeiting low fees to Woolworths under Mastercard’s ‘nuclear option’
Mastercard considered threatening Coles with losing its discounted interchange fees to rival Woolworths if the supermarket chain re-routed customer debit and credit transactions away from the payments giant, a trial judge has heard in the ACCC's misuse of market power case.
Apple ‘can’t be trusted to do the right thing’, Epic Games tells court
Epic Games has told a judge that Apple is treating Australian competition laws with “arrogant disrespect” and urged him to order injunctions after he found the tech giant engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace.
Solvar’s Money3 must pay $1.55M in ASIC case
A judge has imposed a $1.55 million penalty on car finance lender Money3 in ASIC's action alleging breaches of responsible lending obligations, criticising the regulator again for its "sprawling" case. 
Emma Sleep to pay $15M penalty, less than half the ACCC’s sum
A judge has hit mattress retailer Emma Sleep with a $15 million penalty after it admitted to repeatedly misleading consumers about discounts, saying the ACCC's proposed $36 million was not needed to achieve deterrence.
Woolworths manager says baby food ‘before’ price contingent on deal
A Woolworths manager has admitted he wouldn't have been content to sell Nestle's Ceralac at the advertised 'before' price of $6.50 in the absence of the product's listing on the supermarket chain's Prices Dropped program.
ASIC loses case against Nuix over disclosures after $1.8B float
ASIC has lost its case alleging software company Nuix failed to publish corrective disclosures that contradicted the growth story presented to the market in a prospectus for its $1.8 billion float on the ASX. 
Ampol offers to divest more sites to win approval for $1.1B tie-up with EG
Ampol has offered to divest 41 sites to win ACCC approval for its $1.1 billion acquisition of EG Australia, after the regulator started a phase two review into the tie-up.
ASIC bans tenth adviser in Shield, First Guardian crackdown
ASIC has imposed its tenth ban on an adviser for directing clients to invest their super in the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds.
OAIC finds 2Apply collected excess personal info from renters
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has found rent tech platform 2Apply unfairly collected excessive personal information about rental applicants in its online rental forms.
Woolworths exec denies price increases a ‘whistlestop’ before drops
A Woolworths executive facing cross-examination in the ACCC's case over alleged illusory discounts has denied that price increases were anything other than a reaction to inflation and a “tsunami” of supplier cost increase requests.