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The applicants in a class action against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective vaginal mesh products have won court approval to expand the size of the class and seek an order blocking the sale of devices that don't include a proper warning.
Consumer goods maker Pental Ltd will pay $700,000 in penalties after admitting it misled customers about its 'flushable' White King toilet and bathroom cleaner wipes.
Kitchen appliance company Thermomix has been hit with a $4.6 million penalty for failing to warn customers of the risk of serious burns associated with its high-end mixer.
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has again weighed in on the use of cost consultants to assess legal fees in class actions, saying that they should be "consigned to the dustbin of procedural history."
The Australian consumer regulator has questioned the long-term commercial viability of the NBN, saying consumers may lose their appetite for increased broadband speeds when the network's prices go up.
The Privacy Commissioner on Thursday opened an investigation of Facebook on the heels of confirmation by the social media giant that the data of over 300,000 Australian users may have been improperly harvested.
The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said Thursday that when it comes to mortgage prices, the behaviour of Australia's big four banks looks more like synchronised swimming than vigorous competition.
Japan-based global shipper K-Line has pled guilty to its role in a criminal cartel, the second company to admit guilt in Australia in the case.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission gave the go-ahead Wednesday to the $1.3 billion merger of dairy giant Saputo with Australian milk co-op Murray Goulburn, after Saputo agreed to divest the Koroit dairy plant in Victoria.
Flight Centre has been ordered to pay $12.5 million in penalties for making multiple attempts to enter into price-fixing arrangements with three international airlines.