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Radio Rentals, AIG to pay $29M to settle ‘Rent, Try, Buy’ class action
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 Buy' leases onto vulnerable customers.
De-banking poses threat to foreign exchange competition, ACCC says
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 warned banks' use of their compliance obligations to deny banking services to their non-bank competitors could constrain competition in the market for foreign exchange services.
‘Serious cartel conduct’: ACCC hits BlueScope with price-fixing lawsuit
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" in relation to the supply of flat steel products in Australia.
Norwegian shipping company to plead guilty to criminal cartel charge
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 said it will plead guilty to one charge of criminal cartel conduct for its role in the same scheme.
Cryosite wins $1M settlement over legal advice behind gun-jumping case
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 the company facing $1.05 million in penalties for engaging in cartel conduct.
$8M in Allianz refunds to include teens sold death cover
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 under, including teenagers who were sold death cover.
Facebook, Instagram were entitled to block Aussie startup’s access, court told
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 block the company from their platforms.
Norwegian shipping company hit with criminal cartel charge
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 Japan's K-Line was hit with a record $34.5 million fine over the same alleged cartel.
Domino’s Pizza wants class action claims struck out, but judge not biting yet
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 alleging franchisees underpaid thousands of workers across Australia for five years.
Full Federal Court may weigh validity of NAB ‘junk’ insurance class action
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 from trial, amid concerns that the class action was not validly commenced.