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Charges dropped in landmark criminal cartel case over $2.5B ANZ share placement
ANZ 2022-02-11 11:03 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

In a stunning reversal, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution has dropped all criminal cartel charges against two investment banks and four individuals in relation to a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, four years after the charges were brought following an allegedly questionable investigation by the ACCC.

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Settlement talks advance in bungled lease case against Macpherson Kelley
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-02-10 10:48 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Macpherson Kelley will head to an eleventh-hour mediation in a negligence case over the execution of a 10-year service station lease agreement with Shell, after the court heard settlement talks were well progressed.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb to open up cancer treatment program to settle Merck Sharpe & Dohme lawsuit
Clayton Utz 2022-02-09 7:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to open up its subsidised treatment program for stage IV melanoma patients to individuals who have been treated with drugs made by its competitors to settle a misuse of market power lawsuit brought by rival Merck Sharpe & Dohme.

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Citing ‘leisure wear effect’, MySuper class action seeks in-person hearing
Adam Hochroth 2022-02-08 3:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The parties in a class action accusing a Commonwealth Bank of Australia unit of breaching its superannuation trustee duties want the matter to be heard in person and are willing to foot the bill for the judge to travel to Sydney to make it happen.

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Deloitte report on Mercedes-Benz fixed-price model was ‘spin’, court hears
Automotive 2022-02-07 1:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Australian Mercedes-Benz dealers behind a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model allege the car maker engaged Deloitte as a consultant so it could “spin” its real reasons for making the change.

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Google can’t shut down Epic Games’ misuse of market power case
Chester Brown 2022-02-04 7:24 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Google has failed in its bid to stay a competition lawsuit brought by Epic Games, after failing to show that the Fortnite game maker would not be disadvantaged if the case were heard in California instead.

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Salter Brothers investment in advisory firm Hendry Group ‘worthless’, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-02-04 2:24 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Salter Brothers’ multmillion dollar investment in advisory firm Hendry Group is worthless, a court has been told in the fund manager’s case alleging it was the victim of miseleading representations.

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Meta, Instagram lose appeal bid to arbitrate startup’s competition case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-02-04 1:58 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

An appeals court has dismissed a second attempt by Meta and Instagram to shut down a misuse of market power case by a Melbourne-based social media startup.

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Money transfer business directors face jail in first criminal cartel sentencing of individuals
Abilene Singh 2022-02-03 1:47 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The directors of two money transfer businesses will be the first individuals to be sentenced for criminal cartel offences after pleading guilty Thursday to charges over the fixing of foreign exchange rates.

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Reckitt-Benckiser asks High Court to overturn decision on Maxigesic ads
Alastair Vincent 2022-02-03 1:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser is seeking special leave from the High Court to challenge a Full Court judgment that overturned a finding that AFT Pharmaceuticals ads’ for its painkiller Maxigesic were misleading.

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