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Vodafone ordered to pay ACCC, Telstra legal bills
Vodafone will have to cough up $295,000 to cover the legal bills of the ACCC and Telstra after falling short in its bid for judicial review of an ACCC decision not to declare a domestic mobile roaming service.
Cargill cow gene patent invalid, Federal Court says
A federal court judge has found that a bovine gene patent held by Cargill Inc. is invalid, but said the American agriculture giant could beef up the patent claims in response to his ruling.
ACCC sues Optus for pressuring customers to move to NBN
Optus has been sued for allegedly pressuring customers to move to the National Broadband Network before they needed to make the switch.
BrisConnections settles $2.2B case over collapse
BrisConnections' receiver PPB Advisory has settled its $2.2 billion lawsuit against engineering consultant Arup, a court was told Monday.
ACCC gets second bite in Apple case
A judge has given the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission a chance to amend its case against Apple alleging iPhone and iPad users were misled about their rights to have faulty devices repaired free of charge.
Medibank ‘disappointed’ that ACCC is appealing case, CEO says
Medibank CEO Craig Drummond said Monday the private health insurer was "disappointed" that the ACCC was appealing its loss in a consumer case accusing the insurer of unconscionable conduct in advising members about coverage limits.
Judge OKs $100M in rate-rigging settlements
A Federal Court judge on Friday signed off on $100 million in settlements between Australia's securities regulator and National Australia Bank Ltd. and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. for attempting to manipulate the market for the bank bill swap reference rate.
Competition on the rise among NBN providers, ACCC says
Competition for access to the National Broadband Network is ramping up, the ACCC said, and providers are buying more capacity to deliver on promised internet service speeds.
Citibank repays cardholders $4.3M
Citibank will provide refunds of $3.3 million to credit card customers for failing to refund them when their credit card accounts were closed with an outstanding credit balance.
Trial date set for ACCC case against health insurer
A case brought by Australia's consumer regulator against health insurer NIB Health Funds for allegedly violating consumer protection laws by making changes to its plans without first notifying members will head to trial June 6.