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Radio Rentals, AIG to pay $29M to settle ‘Rent, Try, Buy’ class action
Class Actions 2019-09-03 10:43 am By Christine Caulfield

Radio Rentals and its insurer, AIG, have reached a $29 million settlement in a consumer class action alleging the company pushed misleading ‘Rent, Try, $1 […]

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De-banking poses threat to foreign exchange competition, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-09-02 11:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned it could take enforcement action if its finds banks are misleading customers about foreign exchanges fees and […]

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‘Serious cartel conduct’: ACCC hits BlueScope with price-fixing lawsuit
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-30 10:39 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought proceedings against publicly-traded BlueScope Steel and a former general manager for allegedly engaging in “serious cartel conduct” […]

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Norwegian shipping company to plead guilty to criminal cartel charge
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-29 11:10 am By Miklos Bolza

One month after Japanese shipping company K-Line was hit with a $34.5 million fine for cartel conduct, Norwegian shipping firm Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS has […]

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Cryosite wins $1M settlement over legal advice behind gun-jumping case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-28 7:11 pm By Amelia Birnie

Biotech company Cryosite has agreed to a $1 million settlement for losses resulting from legal advice received in relation to a merger agreement that left […]

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$8M in Allianz refunds to include teens sold death cover
Insurance 2019-08-27 10:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Allianz Australia will refund over $8 million in fees and premiums to customers who were sold worthless cover they were not eligible to make claims […]

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Facebook, Instagram were entitled to block Aussie startup’s access, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-26 3:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Facebook and Instagram have denied allegations they breached Australia’s competition law when they terminated the accounts of a Melbourne-based startup, saying they were entitled to […]

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Norwegian shipping company hit with criminal cartel charge
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-23 9:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS has become the third international shipper to be charged with price fixing in Australia, just three weeks after […]

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Domino’s Pizza wants class action claims struck out, but judge not biting yet
Class Actions 2019-08-22 9:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Arguing the pleadings are “evasive or ambiguous”, Domino’s Pizza has made a bid to strike out the statement of claim filed in a class action […]

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Full Federal Court may weigh validity of NAB ‘junk’ insurance class action
Class Actions 2019-08-22 8:17 pm By Amelia Birnie

A class action against National Australia Bank over allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance could be referred to the Full Federal Court just three months out […]

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