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‘None of it strikes me as nefarious’: Judge puts ACCC’s Woolworths case to the test
A judge has again voiced doubts about the ACCC's misleading conduct case over Woolworths' 'Prices Dropped' campaign, probing counsel for the regulator at length on Thursday about how the claims stack up.
Did Woolworths pull wool over customers’ eyes with Oreo price? ACCC says yes
Was inflation at work, or deception, when Woolworths' advertised the Oreo Family Pack as a 'Prices Dropped' special of $4.50 in December 2022, when the biscuits had been selling for $3.50 just three weeks earlier?
Woolworths manager says baby food ‘before’ price contingent on deal
A Woolworths manager has admitted he wouldn't have been content to sell Nestle's Ceralac at the advertised 'before' price of $6.50 in the absence of the product's listing on the supermarket chain's Prices Dropped program.
Woolworths exec denies price increases a ‘whistlestop’ before drops
A Woolworths executive facing cross-examination in the ACCC's case over alleged illusory discounts has denied that price increases were anything other than a reaction to inflation and a “tsunami” of supplier cost increase requests. 
Judge ‘troubled’ by ACCC’s case against Woolworths
Hearing the ACCC's opening remarks in its case against Woolworths over 'illusory' discounts, a judge has questioned if consumers would have descended into the level of analysis suggested by the regulator when shopping.
‘Implausible’ that Australia lied about live exports ban, court told
The Commonwealth has hit back at a class action’s appeal over the government's 2011 live exports ban, denying that it lied to an Indonesian minister about the ban. 
Live exports class action says court failed to grasp impact of ban
A class action over the government’s live exports ban is appealing a finding that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia absent the prohibition, saying the judge failed to fully appreciate the “unheralded” ban.
Deloitte says release of settlement gig doc would have chilling effect
Deloitte has warned that publishing evidence filed in support of its successful bid for an increase in settlement administration costs in a stolen wages class action could have a “chilling effect”.
Stolen wages judge OKs big jump in Deloitte’s costs, warns against repeat
A judge has approved an increase in the costs of distributing a $180 million settlement in a stolen wages class action but has said more "frankness" is needed in competitive tenders for the administration gig.
Judge wrong to find no duty of care in climate change class action, appeal says
Imposing a duty of care on the Australian government to protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate change would not involve the Federal Court in matters of political judgment, a failed class action has argued on appeal.