The ACCC has taken Microsoft to court, alleging the software giant misled 2.7 million customers of its 365 product suite into believing they had to subscribe to its AI assistant Copilot, knowing they were sceptical of the new product.
The ACCC has asked a judge to slap Queensland-based mining equipment company Qteq with a penalty of between $11 million and $13 million after he found the company and its chairman attempted to engage in cartel conduct.
ASIC has secured an interim injunction against financial adviser Ferras Merhi, whose network of advisers is accused of leading thousands of clients to invest $526 million into two failed funds.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared the way for ASX-listed Cuscal’s to acquire payment facilitation supplier Indue, saying it was unlikely to substantially lessen competition.
ASIC wants an injunction against a financial adviser whose “honey pot” marketing allegedly led to 6,000 clients pumping over $520 million into the collapsed Shield and First Guardian funds.
A second MWL Financial adviser has been banned this week by the corporate regulator as part of its probe into the costly collapse of Keystone’s failed Shield Master Fund.
A Perth office employee found to have leered at female colleagues and openly discussed attending sex parties has lost his unfair dismissal case despite his employer’s “shambolic” investigation.
The ACCC will oppose US keg services business Kegstar’s plans to acquire the assets of Konvoy Holdings, saying it would substantially lessen competition for keg pooling services.
Nike has lost its challenge to a Canberra AFL club’s trade mark, with IP Australia finding that the “arc-like feature” depicting a football in flight was not deceptively similar to the sportswear giant’s iconic swoosh mark.
The administrators of struggling regional airline Rex have entered into a sale agreement with NASDAQ-listed aviation holding company Air T, with the federal government stepping in to facilitate the sale.