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ASIC filing puts spotlight on ANZ treasurer in $2.5B capital raising case
Allens 2018-12-05 10:50 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

ANZ treasurer Rick Moscati was at the centre of a flurry of phone calls and meetings with underwriters and other bank executives on the day the underwriters agreed to pick up a $791 million shortfall in a $2.5 billion capital raising, an agreement which has led to groundbreaking cases by two regulators, according to a new court document.

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ACCC takes internet provider Activ8me to court for false advertising
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-05 1:42 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Internet provider Activ8me is in hot water with the consumer regulator for a second time this year, facing court action over allegedly false and misleading claims about the cost, speed and data limits of its internet packages.

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Class action over botched breast surgery survives declassing bid
Barry Nilsson Lawyers 2018-12-04 3:15 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A chain of cosmetic surgery clinics has lost its fight to have a class action of over 200 patients allegedly injured by botched breast augmentation surgery discontinued as a representative proceeding.

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ACCC takes TPG to court over $20 plan ‘prepayment’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-04 2:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Telecommunications provider TPG Internet is facing allegations from the ACCC that it violated the consumer law by charging customers a $20 “prepayment” to cover costs for services not included in their plans.

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Queensland flood class can add evidence after ‘trial by ambush’
Class Actions 2018-12-04 1:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge overseeing the marathon hearing in the class action over the 2011 Queensland floods has allowed the lead applicant to submit further evidence after it claimed defendant Seqwater engaged in “trial by ambush”.

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Ernst & Young says previous Quintis auditor should share any blame
Bannister Law 2018-12-03 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Accounting giant Ernst & Young, which is accused in a class action of misleading and deceptive conduct in signing off on the 2015 and 2016 financial reports of sandalwood producer Quintis, has named the company’s previous auditor as partly to blame in any finding of liability.

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In tossing Made In Australia case, court clarifies ‘substantial transformation’ test
Australian Government Solicitor 2018-12-03 8:49 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has ruled that Chinese vitamin company Nature’s Care cannot sell its imported fish oil and vitamin D with the ‘Made in Australia’ logo because the product fails to meet the required country-of-origin labelling provisions.

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Landmark to pay $1M in ACCC case over barley claims
Agriculture 2018-12-03 1:48 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Grain supplier Seednet has agreed to pay $1 million to settle an enforcement action by the consumer watchdog alleging it misled farmers about the performance of its latest barley variety.

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Visy to remove unfair contract terms after ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-03 11:36 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Visy Recycling and two other providers of recycling services have agreed to remove unfair terms from their standard form contracts, following an ACCC investigation into the waste management industry.

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Judge blocks Domain redirect in REA trade mark battle
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-11-30 9:57 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Real estate advertiser REA Group has won an emergency injunction against Domain that blocks its rival from authorising the owner of the US website realestate.com to redirect Australian traffic to Domain.

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