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ACCC takes swipe at Visa over interchange fees on debit card payments
ACCC 2021-03-10 1:25 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The ACCC has secured a court-enforceable agreement from Visa that it will not tie cheap interchange rates for large retailers to their use of the Visa network for processing debit card payments, after the regulator raised concerns the credit card giant may have engaged in anti-competitive conduct.

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Freedom Foods dispute with Blue Diamond heads to arbitration in California
Albert Dinelli 2021-03-08 2:02 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A legal battle in the Federal Court between Freedom Foods and Blue Diamond Growers over an almond milk licensing deal has been stayed so the parties can arbitrate their dispute in California, where the Australian Consumer Law will apply.

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Fuji Xerox loses bid to throw out ACCC’s case over small biz contracts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-03-04 7:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has refused to summarily dismiss proceedings brought by the ACCC against office supply company Fuji Xerox over allegedly unfair contracts with small businesses.

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Viagogo wins stay of $7M penalty after evidence of COVID-19’s ‘catastrophic’ impact
ACCC 2021-03-04 2:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Crying poor during COVID-19, Viagogo has won a temporary stay of a $7 million penalty imposed by a court that found the ticket reseller misled customers on an “industrial scale”.

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ACCC to sink allegations Samsung had no reasonable grounds for waterproof claims
Bruce Caine 2021-03-03 4:27 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has retreated from its claim Samsung Electronics allegedly made false, misleading and deceptive representations when marketing the water resistant capabilities of its Galaxy smartphones without reasonable grounds.

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Apple doesn’t have to produce info on Australian users in Epic Games competition case
Apple 2021-03-03 2:28 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Tech giant Apple will not be forced to hand over documents about Australian users to Epic Games ahead of argument on Apple’s application to shut down the game maker’s competition case, a judge has ruled, likening Epic’s imprecise notice to produce to the “cheerful pastime of drift netting”.

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Boston Scientific hit with pelvic mesh class action
AJB Stevens 2021-03-03 11:52 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Medical device giant Boston Scientific faces a class action on behalf of women who allege they suffered debilitating injuries from the company’s pelvic mesh products.

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Group members to get more than half of $37.75M Estia class action settlement
Class Actions 2021-03-02 3:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

More than half of the $37.75 million settlement reached in a shareholder class action against aged care provider Estia Health will be left for distribution to group members if the settlement is approved at an upcoming hearing.

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Court finds Megasave made misleading representations to franchisees
ACCC 2021-03-02 11:51 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A court has found national delivery company Megasave Couriers misled franchisees with false promises of guaranteed minimum weekly payments and annual income.

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ACCC’s cartel case against crane company incoherent, court told
ACCC 2021-03-01 1:31 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen Melbourne

The ACCC’s cartel case against family-owned crane company NQCranes suffers from ‘incoherence’, the company’s counsel told the Federal Court on Monday ahead of an application to strike out a large portion of the regulator’s case.

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