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Commonwealth Bank denies Austrac money laundering claims
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Friday pushed back against the majority of expanded claims brought by the anti-money laundering regulator and denied all allegations in the related class action.
Linfox workers can’t halt Fair Work case, court says
A group of Linfox workers in Victoria has lost their bid to put a Fair Work appeal on ice while they challenge a commissioner's ruling that found in favor of the logistics giant in a dispute over their jobs.
ACCC to pursue big biz with bigger fines
The ACCC has set out its priorities for 2018, and bigger penalties for big business flouting competition laws is top of the agenda, the commission's chief said Tuesday.
GSK admits old Voltaren label was misleading
Drug giants GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis have conceded part of the ACCC's case that packaging on their Voltaren Osteo Gel breached the Australian Consumer Law, but said the label was changed almost a year ago.
Judge gave short shrift to ACCC in Medibank case, court hears
The judge who sided with Medibank in the ACCC's failed case last year paid little attention to one of the consumer regulator's central arguments against the private health insurer, a court heard Monday.
Split-shift hearing draws airport protests
Airport workers protested Friday as the Federal Court prepared to hear arguments in a case over whether staff can be made to work split shifts.
IP Australia offers court new reason to reject Rokt patent
The Australian Patent Office wants the Federal Court to uphold its decision refusing an application by marketing technology start-up Rokt for a patent covering its online advertising system, offering fresh justification.
First criminal cartel case brought against Aussie co.
In the first criminal prosecution of its kind against an Australian corporation, prosecutors on Thursday charged a Victorian health care company and its managing director over an alleged wheelchair cartel.
High Court says judges can make union officials pay
Courts can stop union officials from seeking union cover to avoid paying court-issued fines for breaking the Fair Work Act, the High Court said Wednesday.
Allens wins costs in oil spill class action
A Federal Court judge has ruled the lead applicant in a Maurice Blackburn-led class action by Indonesian farmers against PTTEP Australasia must foot its opponent's legal bill, despite winning its bid to bring the case outside the limitations period.