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Google chokes Play Store competition with technical restraints, Fortnite maker tells court
Google is nearing "monopoly levels" with its exploitation of the Android brand to prevent other app stores from competing with its Play Store, the maker of the Fortnite video game has said in a landmark competition trial.
Apple CEO called App Store an ‘economic miracle’, court hears in Epic Games trial
Apple has made exceptional profits skimming a 30 per cent commission from sales on its app store, dubbed by the tech giant's CEO an "economic miracle", Epic Games has said on the first day of trial in a landmark competition case.
Epic Games trial could shake up how Google, Apple run app stores
An Australian court will get a chance to weigh in on whether Apple and Google violated their dominant position in the app marketplace by requiring developers to use their payment systems or face a 30 per cent fee, when trial kicks off Monday in Fortnite game maker Epic Games' case and two related class actions against the tech giants.
Appeal dropped in first junior doctors class action to go to trial
Victoria's Peninsula Health has abandoned an appeal of a ruling in a class action that found it breached workplace laws by failing to pay overtime to a junior doctor, a capitulation that could be a game changer for a series of class actions against health care providers.
App store class actions funder can view ‘sensitive’ Apple data
Apple has failed to prevent a funder from accessing data that will allow it to estimate potential damages in a class action it's bankrolling over allegedly anti-competitive app store restrictions.
Viterra can’t dodge indemnity costs in feud over $420M Joe White sale
Glencore-owned Viterra must pay indemnity costs to four Joe White employees it dragged into a 10-year feud with Cargill over the $420 million sale of the Joe White business, after a judge found its claims against them were “hopeless from the outset".
Google, Apple to argue app store restrictions needed to protect security, IP
Google and Apple will argue at an upcoming trial that allegedly anti-competitive app marketplace restrictions were necessary to protect security and intellectual property.
Junior doctors to face another hurdle after class action victory
The first healthcare provider to be found liable in one of several underpayments class actions by junior doctors is challenging a ruling that found permission to work overtime hours did not have to be expressly given.
Class action members reap rewards of competition, but at what cost?
The judge who rewarded the law firm with the lowest ever GCO proposal with carriage of an $80 million class action this week noted the competitive forces that shaped a “very good deal for group members,” but competition has its downsides, experts say.
Record-low GCO rate in Star class action not loss-leading pricing, judge says
The winning, 14 per cent contingency fee proposal by Slater & Gordon in a fight to run a class action against Star Entertainment was not driven by a desire to prevail in the contest and buy market share but was the product of a "reasoned decision" that took into account the law firm's practice as a whole, a judge has found.