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Epic Games takes competition battle with Apple to Australia
Epic Games, maker of the popular Fortnite game, has taken its courtroom battle with Apple to Australia, hitting the tech giant with a lawsuit for allegedly abusing its market power.
Businesses will soon face fines for unfair contract terms
Businesses will face fines for imposing unfair contract terms on consumers and small businesses under expected changes to Australian Consumer Law announced Tuesday.
Funder to seek 30% cut from $9.5M McMillan Shakespeare class action settlement
The funder that backed a class action against McMillan Shakespeare over 'illusory' car warranties, which settled for less than 20 per cent of the $47.6 million claim value, will seek court approval for a 30 per cent cut of the $9.5 million settlement.
Birds Eye changes ‘Made in Australia’ labels after ACCC smells something fishy
The owner of Birds Eye frozen foods has agreed to change its 'Made in Australia' labelling on 31 frozen fish products after the ACCC raised concerns that the products may have breached the Australian Consumer Law's Country of Origin provisions.
McMillan Shakespeare to pay $9.5M to settle $47.6M class action
The lead applicant in a $47.6 million class action against McMillan Shakespeare over 'illusory' car warranties will seek court approval for a $9.5 million settlement, less than 20 per cent of the claim value.
Another aged care provider faces class action over COVID-19 outbreak
A nursing home in Melbourne's Western suburbs may be hit with a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that resulted in the deaths of 11 residents.
Home security company ADT to refund customers billed after ending contracts
Home security provider ADT Security has agreed to repay customers after admitting it likely made false or misleading representations by invoicing customers who had already terminated their contracts.
Shine to get 2.1M documents from US pelvic mesh litigation
American Medical Systems will hand over around 2.1 million documents produced in long-running US multidistrict litigation to Shine Lawyers in its class action against the Boston Scientific unit over its allegedly defective pelvic mesh products.
Trivago loses appeal of ruling it misled consumers over hotel listings
Hotel booking aggregator Trivago has lost its challenge to a court ruling that it misled consumers over its ranking of travel accommodation, in what the consumer regulator hailed as a win for consumers and a warning to comparison sites.
Viagogo appeals $7M penalty for duping consumers
Viagogo has appealed a $7 million penalty handed down after a judge found the ticket reseller had misled consumers into thinking it was an official vendor and failed to disclose booking fees of around 28 per cent.