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A judge has signed off on a $3.5 million settlement in a case brought by the consumer watchdog against Equifax Australia, with the credit reporting company admitting it made misleading claims in selling paid credit packages to vulnerable consumers.
A telemarketer that generates leads for other businesses has been hit with a $285,600 fine for failing to check the Do Not Call Register before picking up the phone.
Slater and Gordon has filed the first class action over "worthless" credit card insurance, alleging National Australia Bank violated consumer protection laws when it sold the insurance to customers who were not eligible to bring a claim under the plans' terms and conditions.
A lawyer for Geoffrey Rush told a judge Wednesday that the Sydney Theatre Company did not commence an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by Geoffrey Rush until 18 months after an actress made the complaint during a "off-the-record" conversation in a bar.
HarperCollins has asked the Federal Court to toss a defamation case brought against it by two psychiatrists at the centre of the deep sleep therapy scandal that rocked the medical world in the 1960s and 70s, saying too much time had passed since the scandal.
An IVF clinic that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence for embryo selection has sued a rival clinic for allegedly copying an advertising campaign featuring the slogan "more chubby cheeks".
The ACCC is taking another look at market health in the agricultural sector with a new inquiry focused on competition in the market for wine grapes.
Sacked ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has hired Johnson Winter & Slattery employment heavyweight Ruveni Kelleher and a prominent Sydney barrister as she weighs her legal options days after her high-profile dismissal.
BHP Billiton has been hit with a third class action in Australia over the 2015 dam failure at its Samarco mine in Brazil, and the lead applicant in the latest case -- one of the biggest pension funds in the US -- has a lot at stake.
A popular Australian designer of neoprene athleisure handbags has filed a lawsuit against another designer for making bags that allegedly copy the design of its trendy totes.