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A judge has ordered embattled Optus to pay a $100 million penalty for “appalling” contraventions, after the telco admitted staff pressured customers into buying phones they couldn't afford.
A judge has ordered the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to pay $150,000 for unfairly dismissing presenter Antoinette Lattouf because of her opposition to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
Finish maker Reckitt Benckiser has lost its bid to trademark the shape of its dishwashing capsule, with a delegate finding it was not a “wholly concocted” shape that can be distinguished from similar products by other brands.
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The ACT revenue office has lost its claim that developer Molonglo should pay $100 million to develop land held under a Crown lease, while Molonglo’s argument that the tax should be nil has also been rejected.
A judge has taken ASIC to task for pleading its remitter case against Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney in minute detail, but has rejected arguments the regulator ran the proceeding in an “oppressive and unmeritorious” way.
The corporate regulator has filed proceedings against RACQ, one of Queensland’s largest insurers, alleging it sent customers renewal documents with misleading comparison pricing.
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A landlord in eastern Melbourne has filed proceedings alleging a tenant breached its lease by converting a cafe into a smoking lounge.
Venture capital firm EVP has added 20 parties to a lawsuit seeking to recoup its $10.4 million investment in Strongroom AI, as a judge extended freezing orders against directors of the med-tech start-up.
Two minority shareholders in Argentina’s state-controlled oil company have won a dispute over service in their case seeking to enforce a $24.3 billion judgment awarded in a US court.
Four doctors named in a class action over cosmetic surgeries performed at Daniel Lanzer’s clinic in Sydney can't dodge claims they are liable as accessories for alleged misleading social media ads.