Campervan company Apollo has offered to divest 80 per cent of its motorhome rental fleet in Australia to win ACCC approval for its tie-up with New Zealand competitor THL.
A judge has questioned how the government can enforce a “restrictive” undertaking with a former member of the Australian Defence Force who will give key evidence in a class action alleging the Commonwealth contaminated Indigenous land with toxic firefighting foam.
Pharmaceutical ingredient producer Alkaloids of Australia is facing a maximum $30 million penalty but has argued it should pay less than $1 million after pleading guilty to cartel conduct over the supply of a key chemical found in generic stomach cramp drugs.
Bangkok Broadcasting and Seven Networks have settled two lawsuits over the Thai broadcaster’s registration of ‘7’ marks in Australia.
The Full Federal Court has thrown out a decision that found foreign passengers could join a class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess, finding a class action waiver was not unfair.
The Albanese government has introduced legislation that would roll back the requirement that litigation funders hold an AFSL and register their class actions as managed investment schemes, saying the Morrison government era-regulations were not fit for purpose.
A judge has ruled that a litigation funder for an investor class action against Virgin must give the airline an indemnity to bring proceedings despite finding a deed of company arrangement requiring the pay-out “didn’t make sense”.
Mercedes-Benz has been hit with $12.5 million in penalties for failing to use attention capturing, high impact language when communicating with customers about a compulsory recall of potentially deadly Takata airbags.
A class action has been filed targeting Victoria Police’s use of capsicum spray and excessive force against protestors at the International Mining and Resources Conference in Melbourne three years ago.
Latitude Finance has been hit with a $1.55 million penalty by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for breaching the Spam Act on more than 3 million occasions.