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The Good Guys hits back at ACCC case over store credit claims
The Good Guys has admitted 21,000 customers were not provided with store credit within the timeframe specified in promotions, but denies the most customers never received the promised credit.
Law firms warned about delay in filing competing Harvey Norman class actions
As two class actions against Harvey Norman try to hash out a deal before competing to run the litigation, a judge has issued a warning to other law firms mulling their own actions.
Solicitors can stay on case against Super Retail despite conflict of interest
Super Retail has lost its bid to restrain Harmers Workplace Lawyers from acting for two former executives, despite a judge finding the firm had a conflict of interest.
Coles, Woolworths face class action investigation over discount claims
Coles and Woolworths may be hit with class actions for allegedly misleading customers with false discounts.
‘Shrinkflation’ targeted in government’s latest crackdown on supermarkets
The federal government has vowed to fight shrinkflation by strengthening the Unit Pricing Code and introducing "substantial penalties" for non-compliance.
Sigma tries to ease concerns over $8.8B Chemist Warehouse tie-up
Drug supplier Sigma Healthcare has offered an undertaking in a bid to allay the competition regulator's concerns about its proposed merger with Chemist Warehouse. 
Lawyers ‘made themselves protagonists’ in Super Retail case, court told
Super Retail Group has sought production of communications between two former executives and their solicitors ahead of a fight to disqualify the lawyers from acting in the employment dispute. 
Coles, Woolworths taken to court by ACCC over ‘illusory’ discounts
Major supermarkets Coles and Woolworths have been taken to court by the consumer regulator, accused of inflating prices for short periods in order to advertise more attractive discounts.
Super Retail hit with second Fair Work case in Federal Court
Super Retail faces a second Federal Court case by a former senior female executive, after conciliation proceedings in the Fair Work Commission failed to resolve the complaint.
Harvey Norman hit with second class action over ‘junk’ warranties
A second law firm has filed a class action against Harvey Norman alleging it sold extended warranties to customers that had “no real value”.