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The Full Federal Court has found products that market themselves as "natural" need not be made wholly of natural ingredients, handing a win to Aldi on appeal in its legal battle with the maker of the popular MoroccanOil line of hair products.
Baby brand GAIA has lashed out at the consumer watchdog for issuing a press release announcing a $37,800 fine against the company for misleading 'organic' labels on three of its products, saying the release itself was "potentially misleading" to consumers.
A judge has found the Australian Cablemakers Association did not violate the consumer laws when it sent letters to several Ministers complaining that an electrical cable supplied by Midland Metals was unsafe.
The Fair Work Ombudsman lost its argument for $4.1 million in penalties against the CFMMEU for industrial action at shipping terminals in Sydney and Brisbane, with a judge instead fining the union just $38,000.
A Federal Court judge has dismissed proceedings by US pharma giant Geneva Laboratories against disgraced Sydney pharmacist Mina Attia over sales of 1,000 counterfeit Bio-Oil skincare bottles, calling it "madness" and a misuse of the court.
An environmental group has lost a bid to halt the expansion of an open cut mine owned by a subsidiary of Peabody Energy on the grounds that the regulatory approval for the project failed to assess its greenhouse gas emissions.
Danone's Nutricia unit has defeated a challenge by New Zealand's dairy cooperative Fonterra to registration of an Australian patent for the use of a nutritional pill for increasing weight gain in frail, elderly people.
A judge has ruled the former head of Titan Industries must provide evidence in the class action trial over the Rudd Government's cancellation of a program that subsidised home insulation installations, saying there was no proof his testimony could be used to bring a criminal case or reopen a coronial inquest into the death of a Titan contractor.
The Federal Court has approved Commonwealth Bank's $25 million settlement with ASIC over allegations it manipulated the bank bill swap rate.
Toys 'R' Us Australia will wind down after all potential buyers pulled out of purchasing the failed toy retailer, administrators said Wednesday.