The High Court of Australia has rejected an appeal by the Port of Newcastle to overturn a decision that declared the shipping channel at the port and gave the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission regulatory power to settle access disputes.
Telstra could pay as much as $10 million in penalties after admitting it misled customers by billing them for mobile phone apps they unwittingly bought.
The Australian government is mulling whether to extend unfair contract laws to insurance contracts, Finance Minister Kelly O’Dwyer said.
Three units of Vocus have entered agreements with the ACCC to refund customers for promising NBN speeds they couldn’t deliver.
Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its shareholder class action against GetSwift to include claims over statements the logistics software company made to shareholders regarding high-volume enterprise contracts.
Zoetis is facing a class action from horse owners who say the pharmaceutical company made misleading claims about its Hendra virus drug.
DibbsBarker is closing its doors after signing a deal that will see 17 partners and support staff move to Dentons, the world’s largest firm.
The head of Australia’s consumer regulator says the agency will look at whether Facebook is misleading users about how it collects and uses their data, in light of revelations that millions of Facebook users unknowingly had their data harvested by political research firm Cambridge Analytica.
Life insurer TAL Direct Pty Ltd has agreed to refund 1,200 funeral insurance customers after telling ASIC it violated the terms of their policies by failing to turn off cost of living increases.
The ACCC has accused an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier of sourcing its products from Indonesia but falsely claiming they were made or hand painted in Australia by Indigenous people.