Facing demands for answers and a call to be suspended from government contract work, Clayton Utz has finally spoken out over its role in the scandal embroiling AMP.
US-based online gaming giant Valve Corp. has lost its bid to appeal to the High Court of Australia a $3 million judgment for misleading customers who bought faulty products online.
Calling on the competition chief to “have another look” at AGL’s decision to shutter its Liddell plant, Liberal MP Craig Kelly says the power company’s conduct makes for a clear case under the new misuse of market power provision of Australia’s competition law.
The corporate regulator has confirmed it is investigating AMP over its ‘fees for no service’ practice revealed at the Hayne Royal Commission in stunning testimony Treasurer Scott Morrison on Wednesday called “deeply disturbing”.
A judge has dismissed a second defamation case against Fairfax Media brought by an associate of a murdered Sydney businessman, ruling the plaintiff waived his right to sue again after dropping an earlier suit against the publisher for a $75,000 payout.
A judge has dismissed a bid by Geneva Laboratories to add the sole director of a healthcare product distributor as a defendant in a high-stakes case over counterfeit versions of its popular and premium-priced Bio-Oil line of skin-care products.
The independence of a report by law firm Clayton Utz to ASIC over AMP’s practice of charging customers for services not performed was called into question Tuesday at the Hayne Royal Commission.
A BHP subsidiary has won a reprieve pending appeal of a Fair Work Commission decision that found it acted unreasonably when it failed to consider alternative work for an incapacitated miner.
Consumer goods maker Pental Ltd will pay $700,000 in penalties after admitting it misled customers about its ‘flushable’ White King toilet and bathroom cleaner wipes.
Kitchen appliance company Thermomix has been hit with a $4.6 million penalty for failing to warn customers of the risk of serious burns associated with its high-end mixer.