Displaying items by tag: Federal Court of Australia

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been awarded $715,000 in defamation damages by the Federal Court over two YouTube videos by so-called comedian Jordan Shanks.

The Federal Court has ruled that Epic Games v Apple should be heard in Australia.

The Federal Court has found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018.

Telecommunications provider Superfone has been fined $300,000 by the Federal Court for making false and misleading representations plus unsolicited telemarketing sales.

Hotel booking meta-comparison site Trivago breached the Australian Consumer Law by misleading consumers into it would help them find the cheapest rates available for a given hotel, the Federal Court has found.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted Federal Court proceedings against telecommunications provider Superfone for alleged false or misleading representations, and for alleged breaches of laws designed to protect consumers from issues arising from unsolicited telemarketing sales.

Two properties in Melbourne have been issued a search order for evidence related to a cheat for the video game Grand Theft Auto, under directives from the Federal Court of Australia.

Sydney radio shock jock Alan Jones has been rapped over the knuckles by the media watchdog ACMA for factually unsupported comments he made two years ago about the rate of warming of the planet due to climate change.

An online trader has been fined, restrained and ordered to pay costs after the ACCC won a case against him in the Federal Court.

The Honourable Justice Perram will order iiNet and associated ISPs to divulge the names and physical addresses of customers associated with each of the 4,726 IP addresses.