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South Korean car makers Hyundai and Kia are facing a class action investigation in Australia over cars containing potentially defective petrol engines, after agreeing to a settlement worth more than $1 billion in related US litigation last year.
A judge has ordered that the ACCC's case alleging Retail Food Group misled franchisees be run on a sample basis, saying the regulator's opposition to the idea “smacks of a lack of confidence in its own case.”
A New South Wales developer and construction company have been hit with a class action by aggrieved property owners at a Central Coast commercial development who say the building was riddled with defects, including subpar air conditioning.
Despite noting that a class action trial and appeal were "unusual", a judge overseeing a long-running class action against Ford has refused an application to send a notice to group members about a coming appeal in the case.
The ACCC has raised concerns that Qantas’ proposed acquisition of Brisbane-based regional airline Alliance Aviation Services could harm competition in the market for flights for fly-in, fly-out workers.
Car dealers bringing a $650 million lawsuit against Mercedes over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model have won access to board meeting minutes and related correspondence sent to the company's top brass.
AMP has admitted ASIC's allegations that it acted unconscionably in charging life insurance premiums and advice fees to deceased customers, but the wealth manager will go head to head with the regulator over how much it should pay for its contraventions.
Waste company Bingo Industries has pleaded guilty to fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney, following an industry-wide investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Toyota unit Hino is facing at least two class action investigations for alleged misleading representations over 20 years about the fuel consumption and emissions of its diesel vehicles.
The director of a money transfer business accused of fixing foreign exchange rates has filed a defence attacking the credibility of the federal prosecutor’s key witness, but his new lawyer says the attack might not be maintained at trial.