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Downer EDI subsidiary Spotless has rejected allegations it engaged in price-fixing with Ventia on defence contracts, saying the facilities services companies were not in competition with each other.
A failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can't delay payment of what might be in excess of $30 million in defence costs while it pursues an appeal, but has dodged a penalty for running a case the companies said was hopeless.
A judge has said he is satisfied that GM's concerns about a class action's "circular" explanation of alleged design flaws in certain Holden vehicles are "not trivial".
Australia’s largest brick manufacturer Brickworks has settled a competition case brought against rival BGC, a company founded by billionaire Len Buckeridge.
In a loss for the ACCC, the High Court has found builder J Hutchinson did not arrive at an anti-competitive understanding with the CFMEU merely by yielding to a threat of industrial action.
A failed competition class action by Queensland electricity customers accusing utility companies Stanwell and CS Energy of misusing their market power has been appealed to the Full Court.
As the High Court hears oral arguments this week on the reach of power to make common fund orders for firms and funders bringing class actions, Lawyerly gives a cheat sheet on what the justices could do.
A key issue in the ACCC's price-fixing case against Downer EDI's Spotless and Ventia is likely to focus on whether the facilities services companies were in competition, a court has heard.
GM has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden vehicles, but a judge has warned he won't "take kindly" to pleading spats.
Australia’s largest brick manufacturer Brickworks has dropped a central claim in its competition lawsuit against a rival founded by billionaire Len Buckeridge.