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Australia's largest potato wholesaler Mitolo Group has hit back at allegations by the ACCC that its contracts with growers were unfair, telling a court the terms were open to negotiation and were necessary to protect the company's intellectual property.
Cargill has been ordered to turn over what it describes as "highly confidential" documents related to the possible sale of its malt business, a new revelation in the complex trial over claims Viterra fraudulently concealed crucial information when it sold malt producer Joe White Maltings to Cargill Australia in 2013 for $420 million.
The consumer watchdog has filed enforcement action against grain supplier Seednet, alleging the company misled farmers about the quality of its newest barley variety.
Two rival poppy processors are facing off in another courtroom battle over patents for high codeine-yielding poppy plants.
National wholesale butcher Top Cut Foods has been ordered to pay almost $585,000 after a judge found its negligence led to a workplace assault which gave one of its employees PTSD.
A unit of dairy giant Saputo has agreed to amend the terms of its contracts with dairy farmers, in the wake of calls by the ACCC for a mandatory code of conduct to level the playing field between dairy farmers and milk processors.
The lead applicant in a class action against Murray Goulburn has lost a bid for access to documents showing the dairy cooperative’s trust consulted with a QC about possible negligence claims against Herbert Smith Freehills.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought an unprecedented court action against Australia's largest potato wholesaler Mitolo Group, as it continues to ramp up enforcement over unfair contract terms.
A judge has dismissed a bid by former Murray Goulburn boss Gary Helou to push off mediation in an action brought by the ACCC, ruling that the ex-executive's trip to China was no reason to delay possible resolution of the case.
The US Department of Justice has secured its largest ever merger divestiture, with Bayer AG agreeing to sell $US9 billion in assets to BASF to win approval of its $US66 billion Monsanto acquisition, a deal that goes far beyond what the regulator's counterparts in Australia and the European Union required.