Displaying items by tag: Court action

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed criminal charges against HelloFresh New Zealand, alleging the company misled consumers in cold calls used to “re-activate” customers who had cancelled the food delivery service.

Two telecommunications bodies - one representing telecoms consumers and the other industry participants - have lambasted Australia's second largest telco Optus after consumer and competition watchdog the ACCC announced it was taking the telco to court for alleged sales misconduct.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court alleging that Australia's second largest telco Optus engaged in unconscionable conduct across multiple regions, including Darwin, Mount Isa and others.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court against One NZ - formerly Vodafone - for multiple breaches of the 111 Contact Code – some of which the Commission alleges are still ongoing.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed civil proceedings under the Fair Trading Act against Bachcare Limited, alleging that a number of its contract terms are unfair and liable to cause financial detriment to Kiwis and other tourists booking holiday accommodation through the website.

An Australian local council mayor may be at the forefront of a landmark legal battle against AI platform ChatGPT, as he considers suing the service for defamation.

The ACCC has instituted Federal Court proceedings against Telstra for allegedly making false or misleading representations about upload speed to residential broadband customers of its cheaper brand, Belong.

The ACCC is taking Uber to court, and as the ridehailing company has already "admitted it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and made false or misleading representations" and agreed to an $26 million penalty the case would appear to be little more than a formality, assuming the judge agrees that the penalty is appropriate.

Australian billionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest AO has launched criminal action against Facebook over scam cryptocurrency advertisements that used his image, claiming Facebook has breached anti-money laundering laws.

Fuji Xerox Australia has been taken to court by the competition regulator, the ACCC, over allegations of unfair contract terms for small businesses.

The war between Apple and Epic Games is heating up with Apple now stating it will remove Epic Game’s developer account, which not only affects Fortnite but the Unreal Engine too.

Online retailer Kogan has breached the Australian Consumer Law by making false and misleading representations about a tax time sales promotion.

Chinese telcom giant Huawei Technologies is suing US telco Verizon for patent infringement after previously failing to get an agreement through negotiations on license terms over a “significant period of time".

Foxtel is giving the big F to piracy sites as it welcomes continued court action on piracy site blocking, with “Yes Movies, Vumoo, Los Movies, Cartoon HD, Putlocker and more” to walk the plank of ISP blocking.

The ACCC has continued its pursuit of dodgy door-to-door sales practices, this time taking Origin Energy to court.