Industries

The ACCC has granted approval for US-based consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark's acquisition of rival Kenvue, provided it divests Kenvue's Carefree and Stayfree period care brands.

A Federal Court judge has ordered small loan provider CashnGo to pay $3.5 million after it admitted to using unfair terms in customer contracts.

Industry standards group Meat & Livestock Australia can bring a cross-claim for indemnity against the Agricultural Business Research Institute while defending a case alleging it infringed a patent for inferring bovine gene traits.

Instagram owner Meta denies that it engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it barred a social media marketing start-up from accessing the platform in 2019, saying it had the right to terminate due to breaches of its terms of use. 

A judge has suggested an expert should access Tesla’s "highly, highly confidential" internal live systems amid complaints by a class action that the car maker's discovery of technical documents is inadequate.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking $30 million in penalties in its case against Hollard Insurance over delays in assessing the claims of a couple over damage to their home from a storm. 

Administrators of Bathla Group are continuing talks with the embattled developer's lenders over a short-term loan that will keep the business afloat, and are hopeful a funding package can be secured by Thursday.

The Australian Energy Regulator has rejected transmission company Transgrid's bid to bill customers an extra $1.2 billion in costs for its EnergyConnect project.

A unit of ASX-listed mining company Equatorial Resources has lost a bid to block its former solicitors Clifford Chance from arbitrating a $5 million costs dispute.

A director of Forte Sydney Constructions says she chased iProsperity "every day" for $6 million in unpaid construction costs for a Ryde residential project, as trial kicks off in a case by the defunct developer's liquidator.