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Court suppresses details of Grosvenor, Vannin co-funding agreement
ACCC 2020-05-18 4:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has granted a request from Grosvenor Litigation Services, the funder that backed two class actions against Volkswagen over its emissions cheating scandal, to suppress the details of a co-funding agreement with Vannin Capital.

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ACCC can submit evidence from BlueScope criminal investigation in civil case
ACCC 2020-05-15 11:25 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

The ACCC has been given the green light to use witness statements prepared during its criminal cartel investigation of BlueScope Steel in the civil penalty proceedings launched by the regulator, but a fight with the steel giant over the admissibility of the evidence still looms.

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ACCC can expand cartel case against BlueScope
ACCC 2020-05-12 11:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won court approval to bring new claims against BlueScope Steel for allegedly seeking to induce competitor OneSteel to engage in cartel conduct.

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Bupa hit with $6M penalty over broken promises to aged care residents
ACCC 2020-05-12 4:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Bupa Aged Care has been ordered to pay a $6 million penalty for charging customers of its aged care facilities for services it never provided, including enhancements intended to improve the quality of life for its most vulnerable residents, such as those suffering from dementia and blindness.

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Early common fund order in stolen wages class action ‘greatly enhanced’ access to justice, judge says
Andrew Crowe 2020-05-08 6:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A common fund order made at the outset of a class action against the state of Queensland over stolen wages opened the historic $190 million settlement up to “thousands more” disadvantaged people who were affected by the state government’s “discriminatory, unjust…and disgraceful” policies, a judge has said.

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ACCC dodges indemnity costs over failed detergent cartel appeal
ACCC 2020-05-06 6:37 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Personal healthcare giant PZ Cussons has lost its bid for indemnity costs against the ACCC, after claiming that the regulator was “doomed to fail” when it appealed a judgment dismissing its case over an alleged laundry detergent cartel.

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ACCC loses appeal over $205M Pacific National, Aurizon terminal deal
ACCC 2020-05-06 5:41 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The ACCC has come up short in its appeal of a ruling that dismissed its challenge to Pacific National $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, with the Full Federal Court also releasing Pacific National from an undertaking given to the court.

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ACCC says lower fine ‘appropriate’ in VW appeal of record $125M ‘dieselgate’ penalty
Australian Government Solicitor 2020-05-05 12:58 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission maintains its $75 million settlement agreement with Volkswagen over the emissions cheating scandal was “appropriate”, as VW progresses its appeal of the $125 million penalty imposed by a judge who called the ACCC agreement “manifestly inadequate”.

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GSK, Novartis agree to $4.5M penalty for misleading Osteo Gel claims
Bird & Bird 2020-05-04 3:40 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis have agreed to a combined penalty of $4.5 million after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accused the pharmaceutical giants of making misleading claims in marketing their Voltaren Osteo Gel and Voltaren Emulgel pain relief products.

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‘Fanciful’: Judge tosses Queensland taxi drivers claim for losses caused by Uber
Automotive 2020-05-04 2:54 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A group of Queensland taxi drivers has lost the bulk of a lawsuit seeking compensation from the state government for losses allegedly caused by ride sharing services like Uber, with a court dismissing the drivers’ claims as “fanciful”.

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