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iiNet, Internode to refund customers for NBN speed claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-21 9:45 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Internet providers iiNet Limited and Internode Pty Ltd have agreed to compensate customers for promising NBN speeds that they couldn’t deliver, the fifth undertaking the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won from companies for making misleading NBN claims. 

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High Court to hear Google defamation case Tuesday
Article 2018-03-19 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Whether Google is liable as a publisher for defamatory content that pops up in search engine results is the question before the High Court on Tuesday, and the answer could drastically alter the way large Internet companies do business.

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ASIC gets new competition mandate
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-19 10:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Australia’s securities regulator will soon have a new mandate – overseeing competition in the financial sector.

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Yazaki can address ‘course of conduct’ in ACCC appeal, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-19 3:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Full Court has allowed Yazaki Corporation to file additional documents as it weighs the ACCC’s case that the auto parts maker got off easy when the federal court slapped it with a $9.5 million penalty in May for engaging in cartel conduct.

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Telstra, Vodafone settle Voxson infringement suit over GPS patent
Article 2018-03-19 1:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Telstra and Vodafone have reached a mid-trial deal to end an infringement case alleging use of GPS technology by the telcos to track customer phones violates a 1994 patent.

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Linfox workers lose appeal in FWC case
Employment 2018-03-16 9:23 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A group of Linfox workers in Victoria has lost a challenge to a Fair Work Commission ruling that found in favor of the transport giant in a dispute over the scope of their jobs.

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VW emissions cheating trial to wrap up Monday
Bannister Law 2018-03-16 9:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The first stage of the Australian trial alleging Volkswagen installed dual-mode software in diesel vehicles to cheat on emissions tests will wrap up Monday, when class action lawyers deliver a final rebuttal and closing arguments.

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FWC won’t delay super union merger
Construction 2018-03-16 3:15 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Fair Work Commission has refused a bid by an employer group to halt the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and two other unions while a challenge is heard.

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Biogen to pull MS drug in Australia following encephalitus reports
Healthcare 2018-03-16 11:43 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Biogen said Thursday it will pull its multiple sclerosis drug Zinbryta in Australia, nearly two weeks after the biotech company issued a worldwide withdrawal of the drug following reports of encephalitus in Europe.

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ACCC seeks market input on Saputo offer to sell Koroit plant
Agriculture 2018-03-16 10:26 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The ACCC wants the public to weigh in on Saputo’s offer to sell its Koroit dairy plant in Victoria to win the regulator’s blessing for its $1.3 billion tie-up with Murray Goulburn.

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