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Mercer Financial hit with $12M penalty for fees-for-no-service conduct
Financial Services 2023-11-23 3:13 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered wealth manager Mercer Financial Advice to pay a $12 million penalty for “extremely serious” fees-for-no-service conduct and breaches of its fee […]

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AMP hit with $24M penalty for ‘unconscionable’ practice of charging dead customers
Financial Services 2023-05-19 12:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has ordered two AMP units to pay a total of $24 million after finding the wealth manager acted unconscionably in charging insurance premiums […]

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Judge stays Victorian suit over alleged conspiracy to undermine HungryPanda’s EASI acquisition
Corporate 2023-03-20 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has stayed an Australian lawsuit filed by food delivery service HungryPanda against competitor Fantuan over the acquisition delivery platform EASI until a related […]

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From $2.8M win to just $6,000, Microsoft’s case against computer retailer crashes to earth
Intellectual Property 2023-01-16 1:35 pm By Sam Matthews

Microsoft has won a pittance for copyright infringement but copped a “substantial costs order” in its six-year-old intellectual property suit against a Melbourne computer retailer […]

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Microsoft comes up short in IP retrial after ‘regrettable’ $2.8M judgment
Intellectual Property 2022-10-05 6:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed the majority of Microsoft’s six-year-old intellectual property suit against a Melbourne computer retailer over its Windows 7 software, which previously netted […]

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‘Surprising and concerning’: AMP hit with $14.5M penalty in fees for no service case
Financial Services 2022-09-20 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has imposed a $14.5 million penalty on five AMP entities, saying it was “surprising and concerning” that the wealth manager deducted $356,000 from […]

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‘No real contrition’: ASIC seeks $17.5M penalty against AMP in fees for no service case
Financial Services 2022-08-29 9:00 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has told a judge AMP should face a $17.5 million penalty for deducting $356,000 from customers’ superannuation accounts for advice they never received, saying […]

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AMP to face off against ASIC over penalty for charging dead customers
Financial Services 2022-08-17 12:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AMP has admitted ASIC’s allegations that it acted unconscionably in charging life insurance premiums and advice fees to deceased customers, but the wealth manager will […]

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AMP denies acting unconscionably by charging dead customers for life insurance
Financial Services 2022-05-10 9:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

AMP has admitted two of its units charged customers fees for no service but denied it acted unconscionably in a case brought by the corporate […]

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AMP to face penalty in ASIC’s fees-for-no-service case
Financial Services 2022-03-10 3:59 pm By Sam Matthews

AMP has admitted to contraventions and will face a penalty in ASIC proceedings over fees-for-no-service conduct that allegedly led to upwards of $600,000 being unlawfully […]

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