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Garuda appeals $19M penalty for air cargo price-fixing
Indonesian national airline Garuda is appealing a $19 million price-fixing fine, the second largest penalty in the ACCC's decade-long global cartel case over air cargo price-fixing.
Malaysia Airlines settles class action by Australian MH17 families
Malaysia Airlines has reached a settlement with five Australian families whose loved ones were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian missile five years ago.
IP boutique looks to sue former partners that jumped ship
Two lawyers that recently left the intellectual property boutique where they worked for a combined 40 years to set up their own firm are now facing a courtroom battle with their former employer.
Third time unlucky: Mortgage firm loses another bid to stifle derivative suit over Macquarie sale
An appeals court has dismissed a third attempt by directors of mortgage aggregator Connective Group to stifle a shareholder’s derivative lawsuit over a restructure that allowed the sale of 25 per cent of its business to Macquarie Bank.
AMP hit with second class action over ‘excessive’ superannuation fees
AMP is a facing a second class action for allegedly charging excessive fees on more than two million superannuation accounts, setting up another potential class action beauty pageant.
Aboriginal art supplier fined $2.3M for duping customers with fakes
A judge has fined an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier a total of $2.3 million after ruling that the Queensland-based company, which is now in liquidation, misled consumers about the origin of its products.
The inconvenient truth about class actions – they have decreased by almost half in 2019
We have been told for so long that the volume of class action litigation continues to increase at a rapid rate, thus requiring significant legislative intervention, that the title of this piece may (legitimately) prompt at least some readers to check if today is the 1st of April. But this is no April Fools’ Day prank.
Red Rich Fruits amends contracts with growers amid ACCC concerns
Australian fresh fruit trader Red Rich Fruits has agreed to change potentially unfair contract terms that forced growers to provide credits for rejected fruit, amid concerns by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of widespread non-compliance in the industry.
Clive Palmer’s co. faces setback in winding up battle over Queensland time-share scheme
A judge has refused to separately hear an application by a Clive Palmer-controlled company to wind up a time-share scheme at Queensland's Palmer Coolum Resort, describing the bid as an attempt by the company to avoid making admissions about its conduct, which allegedly resulted in the "death of the resort".