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Ex-CEO accuses Radio Rentals of withholding documents crucial to class action defence
The former CEO of Radio Rentals, who has been dragged into a class action against the company, claims he can’t properly defend himself because his former employer has asserted privilege over legal advice the company received regarding its ‘Rent, Try, $1 Buy’, which he says is crucial to his case.
ASIC fights ANZ bid to stay capital raising case as cartel action hangs over bank
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is pushing back against an application by ANZ Bank to stay the regulator's civil penalties case over disclosures related to a $2.5 billion equity capital raising while it defends against criminal charges related to the controversial share placement.
NSW Ports hit with second competition lawsuit over ports agreement
NSW Ports is facing a new lawsuit over an allegedly anti-competitive agreement entered into with the NSW state government for the privatisation of Port Botany and Port Kembla, which is the subject of a separate case brought by the competition regulator.
ACCC says LG should pay $700,000 for misleading customers about repair rights
Electronics giant LG should pay a $700,000 fine for twice breaching the Australian Consumer Law when its offshore call centre workers misled customers complaining about faulty television sets that they had no rights to a repair, replacement or refund under the law, a court has been told.
Vodafone, TPG merger would have ‘profound social consequences’, ACCC tells court
Allowing Vodafone's proposed $15 billion merger with TPG to go ahead if there were a real chance that TPG could seriously compete in the market for mobile services would have "profound social consequences," the competition watchdog told the Federal Court Friday as it unsuccessfully sought to push back a hearing over the deal.
Jetstar to pay $1.95M penalty for misleading consumers about refund rights
Jetstar Airways has been ordered to pay a $1.95 million penalty after it admitted to making false and misleading representations about customers' eligibility for refunds on cancelled flights.
Garuda hit with $19M penalty for air cargo price-fixing
Indonesian national airline Garuda has been slapped with a $19 million penalty in the ACCC's decade-long global cartel case over air cargo price-fixing, bringing the total penalties won by the competition regulator over the cartel to $132.5 million.
AMP faces class actions over allegedly excessive superannuation fees
AMP has been hit with a class action alleging it breached its duty of care to superannuation members by charging them unreasonably high fees, and a second class action is expected within weeks.
Maurice Blackburn launches cartel class action against investment banks
Maurice Blackburn has launched a rare competition class action against five global investment banks over a conspiracy to manipulate foreign exchange rates that has spawned class actions and lawsuits by regulators across the globe.
ACCC sues Sony over allegedly misleading PlayStation claims
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has dragged video game giant Sony to court over allegedly deceptive and misleading claims made about games purchased on the PlayStation Network.