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A class action trial against Volkswagen over recalled Takata airbags has kicked off, with a lawyer for the car giant denying the airbags carried a safety risk and attacking as “quite absurd” the sought-after damages of 30 percent of the initial price tag of affected cars.
Internet search giant Google wants to weigh in on an appeal over whether Epic Games' lawsuit accusing Apple of abusing its dominance in the app store marketplace should be heard in Australia, as the ACCC wins its bid to intervene in the case.
A unit of coal mining company Futura Resources has failed to convince the Full Federal Court to allow it to register a 2012 coking coal mine investigation conducted in Central Queensland for a research and development tax offset.
Fortnite game maker Epic Games has appealed a judge's decision to send its misuse of market power case against Apple to California, in a significant case with implications for whether Australian companies can litigate disputes with tech giants on their home turf.
A judge has found that a clause in Apple’s agreement with developers requires that Fortnite game developer Epic Games litigate a closely watched competition lawsuit against the tech giant on its home turf.
Brisbane-based sporting goods wholesaler FE Sports has been fined $350,000 for engaging in resale price maintenance that prohibited dealers from advertising certain products for less than the recommended retail price.
A judge has refused to summarily dismiss proceedings brought by the ACCC against office supply company Fuji Xerox over allegedly unfair contracts with small businesses.
The Federal Government has argued a class action against the expansion of a northern NSW mine has "conspicuously failed" to show that the emissions would contribute to "catastrophic harm", but a judge has questioned the Commonwealth's contention that other countries would be responsible for the emissions.
Tech giant Apple will not be forced to hand over documents about Australian users to Epic Games ahead of argument on Apple's application to shut down the game maker's competition case, a judge has ruled, likening Epic's imprecise notice to produce to the "cheerful pastime of drift netting".
A judge has raised the possibility of referring a class action against the Morrison government for allegedly contaminating Indigenous land with toxic firefighting foam to the Full Federal Court due to novel questions the case raises about whether damages can be recovered for cultural loss.