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The ACCC's rejection of a regional network arrangement between Telstra and TPG was "confusing" and the telecos might be free to vary the transaction, says a judge who is overseeing a challenge to the competition regulator's decision.
Class action settlement sums reached new highs last year, with the ten largest agreements totalling almost $1 billion, almost half of which was secured by one plaintiff law firm.
The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a bid to quash the Environment Protection Authority’s decision to renew the mining licences of the state's three remaining coal power stations, in a test case for the state's Climate Change Act.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has agreed to grant Booktopia more time to pay a $6 million penalty over an alleged misleading refund policy, after the online book retailer suffered a “massive fall” in its share price.
The High Court has unanimously dismissed Western Power’s challenge to a judgment which found the state-owned electricity supplier breached its duty of care to inspect power poles on private land and was partly liable for property damage from the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.
Fintech iSignthis has dropped a $464 million lawsuit brought against the Australian Stock Exchange three years ago over allegedly misleading conduct in relation to the suspension of the company's shares.
A judge overseeing a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has given his blessing to a settlement that will see only $14 million of its headline $33 million figure go to super members, despite finding the modest return was “far short of the maximum potential recovery” in the case.
A judge has raised concerns about the utility of referring a satellite dispute over whistleblower protections to the Full Court in a $13 million lawsuit brought by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner.
Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has refused consent for a class action over a defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court as it mulls a High Court challenge to the case.
The settlement figure in a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has been revealed as $33 million, and super members are set to share in the net sum of $14 million, or 42.5 per cent of the deal.