Courts
Can smaller banks effectively compete in the home loan market with Australia's big four? According to one of the most prominent smaller lenders, the answer is no.
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank began its campaign for a merger with Suncorp Group's banking business in earnest in Australian Competition Tribunal hearings on Friday.
Day two of the big four bank's appeal of its rejected Suncorp Bank deal was all about market definitions. And fried chicken.
Hearings in the second biggest merger battle in town got underway today, with lawyers for ANZ making the case that the rejection of its Suncorp Bank acquisition should be overturned.
Delta Building Automation should face a $2.5 million fine for attempting to rig a bid for a National Gallery of Australia tender, according to the ACCC.
EnergyAustralia is defending its "Go Neutral" product against greenwashing allegations by saying its representations of "carbon neutral" products were opinion, not fact.
Ex-Macquarie Capital chief Tim Bishop’s climate tech VC firm and Robyn Denholm’s family office, Wollemi Capital Group, are locked in an ongoing trademark dispute.
Optus' cybersecurity worries are bleeding into the company's legal fight against class action claims over its handling of a 2022 cyberattack.
The closely watched court case has provided much more than just an insight into the critical relationship between investors and founders of startup companies.
The OAIC case against Australian Clinical Labs shows the regulator is prepared to back up talk with action.
The court saw heated cross examinations ahead of a pause before closing arguments are heard later in November.
Class action settlements topped $1 billion last financial year for the first time since before the pandemic. But the nature of cases is changing with the economy.
Melbourne-based investor Adir Shiffman has said his dispute with Sleeping Duck is beyond 'his wildest nightmares.' Here's what we know three weeks into the trial.
The OAIC admitted at a Senate estimates hearing that despite thousands of referrals, it hasn't imposed a single fine on a company for a data breach.
Adir Shiffman's cross examination in his Sleeping Duck lawsuit is focused on how much Shiffman knew about fellow minority investor - Prateek Bandopadhayay - and when.
A High Court of Australia decision that a distance-based charge on electric vehicles in the state of Victoria is invalid threatens similar plans across the country.
Lawyers for Melbourne investor Adir Shiffman have laid out their opening arguments in his court dispute with Sleeping Duck, as a 10-day trial gets under way.
The legal case could have significant implications for the future of both leveraged financial products and digital currency trading in Australia.
It's a love story, but not a pretty one. Here's why Australian lawyers are more cautious than ever about merger authorisations.
The sheer scale of mass data breaches are throwing up new challenges for consumer law firms.
Santos' court battle against allegations of greenwashing could be set for a cultural stoush over the biases of a potential court-appointed referee.
The tendency for companies to hold on to CVs leaves them vulnerable to the dual threat of privacy-law enforcement and cyberattacks.
Technology company Swift Networks' $1.2 million penalty is the third civil-cartel win for the ACCC in 2023.
Australia's competition chief wants to improve the regulator's poor court record on mergers, and better protect consumers in a time of soaring living costs.
Consumer cases are generally shorter, cheaper and less complicated to run than competition lawsuits. The ACCC has a solid track record of success in them.
Mastercard's go-slow on producing evidence for trial could derail a key competition case for the ACCC.
