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Clock’s ticking as Unlockd gets deadline for filing case against Google
Ashurst 2018-10-15 11:15 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Failed digital ad company Unlockd has until the end of the month to set out its competition case against Google or the suit will be thrown out.

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Aurizon wins bid for Qube docs in ACCC case
Ashurst 2018-10-12 10:54 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Aurizon has won a request to view documents from Qube Holdings in the ACCC’s case alleging it reached an anti-competitive agreement with Pacific National for the sale of its intermodal freight business, as it pushes back against the competition regulator’s claim that there were other buyers vying for the business.

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Mineral Resources entitled to critics’ names in consumer case over negative tweets, judge says
Bennett + Co 2018-10-12 9:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A director of a corporate advisory firm has been ordered to name names in his defence of a lawsuit brought by Mineral Resources over tweets suggesting the lithium mining company’s ore has a bad reputation in China.

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Titus Day files cross-claim seeking commissions from Guy Sebastian
Article 2018-10-11 2:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The management company owned by Titus Day has fired back at a lawsuit filed by singer Guy Sebastian, claiming it’s still owed commissions for appearances by the singer.

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CBA faces $100M class action over ‘uncompetitive’ super rates
Class Actions 2018-10-10 12:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Commonwealth Bank and its wealth management unit Colonial First State have been hit with a class action alleging Colonial First State dumped customers’ retirement savings into uncompetitive CBA investments with returns as low as 1.25 per cent.

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Viterra must pay Cargill’s costs for ‘pointless’ High Court appeal
Agriculture 2018-10-09 4:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Viterra has been hit with costs for persisting with a special leave application to the High Court seeking to compel Cargill to turn over emails exchanged with its lawyers at Allens during the sale of its Joe White Maltings business, even after Cargill agreed to waive privilege and produced the documents.

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ANZ says prosecutors dragging feet in criminal cartel case
Allens 2018-10-09 1:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group told the court on Tuesday that it urgently needs a statement of facts, during the first hearing in the highly anticipated criminal cartel case against three investment banks.

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Port of Newcastle must cut access fee for Glencore ships, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-08 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Port of Newcastle must slash its access charge for Glencore coal ships by 20 per cent, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has determined.

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Judge puts ASIC ‘fees for no service’ case against NAB on fast-track
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-08 10:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Federal Court judge has put ASIC’s first fees for no service case, brought against two units of National Australia Bank’s wealth management division, on an expedited timetable, saying the case was not new territory for the bank.

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Closely watched criminal cartel case against banks gets underway
Allens 2018-10-08 12:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The stakes will be high for both sides when some of the country’s top competition lawyers face off against the ACCC Tuesday in the first hearing in a closely watched criminal cartel case against three investment banks over a $2.5 billion ANZ institutional share placement.

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