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Judge frowns on Invisalign’s lawsuit against SmileDirectClub
Dental aligner maker Invisalign has lost its case accusing competitor SmileDirectClub of misleading consumers about the cost and efficacy of its direct-to-consumer teeth alignment kits
Downer EDI hit with second shareholder class action over accounting irregularities
Infrastructure services company Downer EDI has been hit with a second shareholder class action following revelations of accounting irregularities that sent its share price tumbling.
‘Don’t even waste my time’: Judge trashes NSW’s bid for messages in music festival class action
A judge has criticised a bid by the NSW government to access seven months of messages relating to drugs by the lead plaintiff in a class action over allegedly illegal strip searches at a Byron Bay music festival, saying they seemed “wholly irrelevant” to the case. 
Virgin, Alliance charter pact grounded by competition watchdog
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has put the brakes on a cooperation agreement between Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines for fly-in fly-out customers, citing concerns about increased prices and reduced services. 
Class actions pile up over Medibank data breach
Private health insurer Medibank has been served with a second class action over a data breach exposing the personal details of 10 million customers.
Bloomex to admit to duping consumers with online ratings
Online florist Bloomex will admit to the Australian Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's allegations that it violated consumer laws by posting misleading customer ratings on its website.
NAB fails to resolve discovery spat in ‘boys club culture’ case
National Australia Bank has moved to set aside discovery requests in a suit by its former head of repo trading alleging she was bullied and paid less than other workers because of her gender.
Racing Victoria planned agreement to ‘seriously breach’ competition laws, court hears
Racing NSW has accused its Victorian counterpart of planning an anti-competitive agreement with five other states to exclude it from the thoroughbred racing industry, as it seeks documents to bring potential claims.
Ex-BCEG directors claw back costs after shaving $12.5M off judgment
Two ex-directors of Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG who were found to have defrauded the company have succeeded in clawing back a portion of their costs of a partially successful appeal which reduced the amount owing to their former employee by around $12.5 million.
Finfluencer sentenced to two and a half years for market manipulation
A Melbourne investor who posted in an online forum that a pump and dump scheme was all part of the “fun and games and cat and mouse of the stock market” has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment for market manipulation.