The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and its ACT branch secretary have been hit with criminal charges that they engaged in a cartel for steelfixing and scaffolding services.
Top AFL and NRL clubs have agreed to change their refunds and returns policies on football and rugby merchandise after an investigation by the ACCC found they were in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.
The judge overseeing the competition lawsuit brought by the ACCC over Aurizon’s proposed sale of its Queensland intermodal business to Pacific National has denied the regulator’s bid for an injunction against Pacific, saying it amounted to micro-managing that could discourage “normal competitive behaviour”.
In an escalating battle between the online bookmakers, CrownBet has filed a cross claim in a consumer and trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Sportsbet that calls for the cancellation of its rival’s trade marks.
A claim for damages by Optus over Telstra’s ‘Unlimited’ ad campaign, which was found to be misleading and deceptive, appears to have been resolved by the rivals out of court.
A judge has denied a Westpac unit’s bid to strike allegations that it knew about a $1.9 million Ponzi scheme from a class action alleging the bank aided the Ponzi schemer’s illegal conduct.
The ACCC has scored fines totaling $5.5 million in its case against companies and individuals involved in an alleged cartel over the supply of polycarbonate, a little more than a month before trial kicks off against the alleged mastermind behind the cartel.
The ACCC has won its request for an injunction blocking rail freight operator Aurizon from shutting its intermodal business down while a competition lawsuit the regulator filed over Aurizon’s proposed sale of the business to Pacific National makes its way through the court.
Murray Goulburn’s ex-CFO Bradley Hingle has quietly settled a case brought by the consumer watchdog over the dairy co-operative’s allegedly misleading promises about farmgate milk prices, with the former executive agreeing to stay away from the dairy industry for three years.
Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has been ordered by the Federal Court to remove all in-store advertising for its Strepfen throat lozenges after a successful interlocutory application by rival iNova Pharmaceuticals.