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Judge says part of ANZ’s $240M penalty in ASIC case ‘on light side’
Financial Services 2025-12-02 4:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned whether an agreed penalty against ANZ for overstating bond trading volumes is sufficient, noting the misrepresentations were “very significant”.

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Google must pay $55M over anti-competitive pacts with Telstra, Optus
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-12-02 2:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge on Tuesday penalised Google $55 million for anti-competitive deals requiring Telstra and Optus to pre-install its search engine on Android devices, but has questioned why action wasn’t taken against the telcos. 

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Class action appeals loss in suit over demolition of public housing
Class Actions 2025-12-02 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Homes Victoria overs its decision to demolish public housing towers in Melbourne without consulting residents has appealed a judge’s decision tossing the case.

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iProsperity exec owes $5.3M for misleading ZACD on funds for $300M hotel deal
Real Estate 2025-12-03 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An iProsperity director must pay $5.3 million to ZACD for his conduct in convincing the Singapore-based real estate investment firm to cough up $37.5 million for its $300 million purchase of the AccorInvest hotels portfolio.

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Titan paints Pentana as villain to divert from ‘brazen’ copyright theft, trial told
Trials 2025-12-01 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Car dealership software firm Pentana has accused competitor Titan of a “calculated, sustained and brazen” invasion of its rights, and argues cross-claims of misuse of market power are a distraction.

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James Hardie to fight shareholder class action’s ‘new case’
Securities 2025-12-01 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

James Hardie is fighting a bid to amend a shareholder class action over the building materials giant’s 2023 income forecasts, telling the court it doesn’t understand the “new case”.

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Law firm drops beauty parade appeal in Google ad tech class action
Class Actions 2025-11-28 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A law firm that was set to argue that two firms formed an anti-competitive agreement in cooperating to run an ad tech class action against Google has dropped its appeal of its failed bid to run the representative case.

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Meta says ACCC has ‘fundamental’ misunderstanding in scam ads case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-11-28 11:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Facebook owner Meta has argued the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has “misallocated responsibility” in its three-year-old case over scam cryptocurrency ads on the social media platform.

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Titan accuses rival Pentana of holding customer data ‘hostage’
Intellectual Property 2025-11-27 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

In a copyright and competition fight with car dealer software company Pentana that heads to trial on Monday, Titan DMS says its rival is trying to bar it from helping customers overcome a practice of holding their data “hostage”.

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Sportsbet brings class action cross-claim to claw back winnings
Class Actions 2025-11-26 11:50 pm By Andy Sidler

Sportsbet has launched a cross-claim in a class action alleging it provided unlawful in-play betting services, arguing that users of the contentious service should have to pay back their winnings if the lawsuit succeeds. 

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