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Optus hit with $10M fine for misleading customers over mobile phone bills
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-06 2:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Optus has been ordered to pay $10 million in penalties for billing unwitting customers for premium mobile phone services, the consumer regulator said Wednesday. Federal […]

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Federal Court to get white collar crime caseload
White Collar 2019-02-05 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The government has thrown its support behind a proposal to give the Federal Court jurisdiction to hear white collar criminal matters. In its response to […]

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BlueScope wins confidentiality order in Aurizon collusion case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-05 3:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The court overseeing the ACCC’s collusion case against rail freight operators Aurizon and Pacific National has granted a confidentiality request by BlueScope Steel over documents subpoenaed […]

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Pitcher Partners appeals $5.6M damages award over concealed accounting error
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-05 2:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners will challenge a ruling that it owes a NSW bus operator $5.6 million in damages for fraudulently concealing a costly amortisation […]

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ASIC bans Commonwealth Bank from charging ongoing service fee
Financial Services 2019-02-04 1:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has ordered Commonwealth Bank to immediately stop charging customers service fees, after the bank violated the terms of an […]

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Barristers suing DLA Piper over $370,000 in fees did not do all the work, court told
Business of Law 2019-02-04 11:21 am By Christine Caulfield

Two barristers suing DLA Piper over $370,000 in fees did not perform all the work for which they billed the law firm, a court heard […]

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Visa settles competition lawsuit over currency conversion ban
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-31 10:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Visa has resolved a lawsuit by a fintech founder alleging it misused its market power by banning the use of dynamic currency conversion services in […]

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Therium snags 10-year ACCC veteran for Melbourne office
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-30 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Litigation funder Therium Capital Management has brought on a former director from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to bolster its Australian funding team, less […]

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Property spruiker Rick Otton drops appeal of record $6M fine
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-30 9:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

We Buy Houses’ director Rick Otton has withdrawn his appeal of a ruling that slugged him with a $6 million fine for misleading property investors, […]

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Supplier of scalding hot water bottles hit with $415k fine
Chief Justice Debra Mortimer 2019-01-30 7:55 pm By Miklos Bolza

A wholesaler that supplied leaking hot water bottles and exploding candle holders to retailers in Victoria has been fined $415,000 for distributing the dangerous products […]

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