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Airbnb to pay $15M penalty for displaying prices in US dollars
ACCC 2023-12-20 12:53 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has hit Airbnb with a $15 million penalty for misleading Australian consumers by displaying accommodation prices in US dollars, on top a $15 […]

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Airbnb should pay $30M over misleading accommodation prices, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-12-14 3:45 pm By Sam Matthews

The consumer watchdog has asked a court to impose a $15 million penalty against Airbnb in addition to a $15 million consumer redress scheme, in […]

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Essure contraceptive ‘safe and efficacious’, Bayer tells class action trial
Trials 2023-04-12 9:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990’s to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was “safe and efficacious”, as the pharmaceutical […]

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Bayer can’t dismiss Essure injuries as ‘common women’s symptoms’, class action trial told
Trials 2023-04-11 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer cannot write off debilitating chronic pain and bleeding which patients allegedly experienced after being implanted with Essure contraceptives as “common women’s symptoms”, […]

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Bayer can take another crack at ‘scientific knowledge’ defence in Essure class action
Class Actions 2023-03-09 5:05 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giant’s defence that argues any defects in […]

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NAB acted unconscionably with periodic payment fee overcharges, judge finds
Financial Services 2022-11-07 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has found National Australia Bank engaged in unconscionable conduct in knowingly overcharging thousands of customers periodic payment fees for four years. The finding […]

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Bayer needs ‘thoughts and prayers’ to make out privilege claim in class action, court told
Product Liability 2022-10-25 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Bayer over its allegedly defective Essure contraceptive devices has admonished the drug manufacturer’s bid to shield emails considered privileged in similar […]

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Essure class action slams Bayer’s bid for applicant’s teen medical records
Class Actions 2022-09-21 2:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead applicant in a class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive device has admonished the drug maker’s request for her medical records since […]

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Teens won’t take climate change class action to High Court
Environment 2022-04-12 3:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

An appeals court’s finding that the federal government does not owe a duty of care to Australian kids to protect them from the effects of […]

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No duty of care owed to kids by environment minister, Full Court rules
Environment 2022-03-15 10:45 am By Christine Caulfield

The Full Federal Court has overturned a historic judgment that found the federal minister for the environment owed a duty of care to Australians under […]

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