ACCC takes Magnamail to court for misleading prize promotions

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Court action by the ACCC alleges mail order company Magnamail made misleading statements to hundreds of thousands of people about prizes they weren’t eligible to win.

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Ex-boss of AI marketing company Metigy charged with misleading investors

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The former CEO of failed AI marketing start-up Metigy has been charged with providing false statements to investors and misusing his position as a director following an investigation by the corporate regulator.

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‘Influx’ of consumer class actions likely after High Court’s Toyota decision, lawyer says

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Landmark High Court decisions in class actions against Toyota and Ford on how damages should be calculated for defective vehicles will spark more consumer class actions, a plaintiff lawyer told Lawyerly.

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‘Eye-watering’ legal costs in NT stolen wages class action: judge

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Shine Lawyers wants to claim $24.5 million in legal costs in a stolen wages class action on behalf of Northern Territory First Nations people, a sum a judge called “eye watering”.

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Judge grounds Moccona’s infringement claims over Vittoria’s coffee jar design

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Vittoria has defeated claims in an intellectual property battle that it infringed on rival Koninklijke Douwe Egbert’s trade mark for the design of its Moccona instant coffee jar.

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Partner numbers at consulting firms should be capped in wake of PwC scandal: report

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Professional services firms should be limited to 400 partners to improve accountability and transparency, a final parliamentary report into the PwC tax scandal has proposed.

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‘Study help’ platform Chegg faces first-ever case over academic cheating

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In the first case of its kind, a government agency has filed proceedings against education technology company Chegg, alleging it has breached laws designed to prohibit academic cheating.

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Chemist Warehouse, Sigma win ACCC approval for $8.8B merger

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The competition regulator has given its blessing to the $8.8 billion merger of Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare, subject to a promise that franchisees will be free to terminate their contracts.

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