Fitness First has been hit with a $12,600 fine for overcharging members for processing direct debit payments, the consumer watchdog said Wednesday.
The ACCC is taking another look at market health in the agricultural sector with a new inquiry focused on competition in the market for wine grapes.
The former CEO of biotech company Sirtex Medical has been charged with insider trading.
A popular Australian designer of neoprene athleisure handbags has filed a lawsuit against another designer for making bags that allegedly copy the design of its trendy totes.
The ACCC is reviewing two deals that would give Germany-based construction giant Knauf a bigger share of the market for construction materials in Australia.
A judge in the high-stakes trial over the $420 million sale of Viterra’s Joe White malt business to Cargill has denied Cargill’s request to have settlement talks admitted as evidence, shooting down the agricultural giant’s argument that the talks were needed to challenge Glencore in-house counsel’s assertion that he is of good character and will not breach a confidentiality agreement.
Bannister Law has dropped its investigation of a possible class action against the makers of Banana Boat aerosol sunscreen, which faced numerous complaints by consumers who claimed they were burned while using the spray-on sunblock
Generic drug makers Arrow and Apotex have won the ACCC’s blessing for a tie-up that will create the largest generic drug supplier in Australia, with the competition regulator saying the deal will not substantially lessen competition.
Vocational trainer Empower Institute engaged in unconscionable conduct by “duping” disadvantaged consumers into enrolling in courses they couldn’t afford with the promise of free laptops and cash, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The Full Federal Court has overturned a win for the consumer regulator in a case against Sydney-based Unique International College, ruling that the vocational trainer’s practices for marketing and enrolling students in its diploma courses did not amount to unconscionable conduct.