The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has largely won its case against BlueScope Steel and former general manager Jason Ellis alleging they engaged in “serious cartel conduct” in relation to the supply of flat steel products in Australia.
Gaming company Konami Australia has been ordered to pay rival Aristocrat Technologies a proportion of profits from the sale of patent-infringing poker machines over a 12-year period, as well as a chunk of damages for supply of the games that generated no revenue at all.
The Star Entertainment Group has been hit with a $100 million fine as part of disciplinary action by Queensland’s gaming regulator following the findings of a state review and a determination by the Attorney-General that the company is unsuitable to hold a casino licence.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sued health and beauty giant McPherson’s Limited and its former CEO over alleged continuous disclosure breaches and misleading or deceptive conduct during a capital raise in late 2020.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken online florist Bloomex to court for allegedly violating the Australian Consumer Law by posting misleading customer ratings on its website.
The personal details of 130,000 Telstra customers were accidentally released in a privacy breach the result of a “misalignment of databases”, the telecommunications giant has revealed.
A judge has granted a law firm’s bid for a group costs order in a shareholder class action against payments processing company EML, but has trimmed its proposed cut of any recovery after comparing it to the contingency fee rate the firm accepted in another class action.
A contradictor has argued that the High Court must consider the reputation of Botox maker Allergan’s trade marks in a cosmetic company’s challenge to a judgment finding it infringed the marks by marketing its topical creams as Botox alternatives.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought proceedings against insurance company OnePath Life, marking the first time the corporate regulator is seeking financial penalties for an alleged failure to act with utmost good faith during claims handling.
A law firm wants to challenge a court order that it play nice with a competing firm in a class action for investors against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.
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