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The Federal Court has found that Telstra made false or misleading representations relating to the upload speed of residential broadband internet services supplied to nearly 9,000 of its Belong customers, following court action by the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

The ACCC has instituted legal proceedings in the Federal Court against The Bradford Exchange Ltd for allegedly making false or misleading representations in its advertising of collectable coins and ingots in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

The full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd upholding a decision of the Federal Court in March 2024 to impose $1.5 million in fines for four separate instances of contempt of court.

The competition watchdog the ACCC has started civil cartel proceedings in the Federal Court against two companies - Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Downer EDI Limited - ASX: DOW) and Ventia Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Ventia Services Group Limited ASX: VNT) - and four senior executives, for alleged price fixing relating to estate maintenance and operation services for the Department of Defence (Defence).

The Federal Court has ordered EnergyAustralia to pay $14 million in penalties for making false, misleading or deceptive statements to hundreds of thousands of consumers about electricity prices, and failing to provide mandatory information required by the Electricity Retail Code (the Code).

The Federal Court has today ordered that Secure Parking Pty Ltd pay $10.95 million in penalties for making false or misleading claims about its pre-book “Secure-a-Spot” online parking service, following ACCC action.

The Federal Court has today ordered Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd (DG Institute) to pay $5 million in pecuniary penalties for making false or misleading representations to consumers in the promotion and sale of two education programs called Real Estate Rescue (RER) and Master Wealth Control (MWC), and to pay consumer redress totalling $14.7 million to students enrolled in the MWC program.

Scam warning: The ACCC is aware that scammers have been calling people, falsely claiming to help them get a refund from various businesses. They may use this media release about refunds from Grays to convince you that it is real.

Australia's eSafety Commissioner has dropped legal action against social media site X (formerly Twitter) over the posting of videos of a stabbing in Sydney.

Despite a Federal Court decision that it cannot keep a report by Deloitte into a 2022 cyberattack secret, Singtel Optus appears to be unwilling to commit to publicly releasing the same.

The Federal Court has set 24 and 25 July for a two-day hearing to settle the stoush between the eSafety Commission and the social media site X over the posting of videos of a stabbing in Sydney.

An interim order that required the social media platform X [formerly Twitter] to block access to videos of a stabbing in Sydney, that occurred on 15 April, has been extended until Monday [13 May] morning, when Federal Court Judge Geoffrey Kennett will render his judgment.

The tussle between X owner Elon Musk and the Australian eSafety Commission over taking down videos of a stabbing in Sydney, will continue in court on 10 May after a brief Federal Court case management hearing on Wednesday afternoon.

The Australian Federal Court has ruled that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, should shield all users from videos of last week's stabbing incident in Sydney until the issue is dealt with later this week.

The ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Clorox Australia Pty Ltd, the manufacturer of GLAD-branded kitchen and garbage bags, for allegedly making false or misleading representations that certain kitchen and garbage bags were partly made of recycled ‘ocean plastic’, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

The Federal Court has found that Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd, trading as DG Institute breached the Australian Consumer Law, and that its sole director Dominque Grubisa was “knowingly concerned in the contraventions”, in proceedings brought by the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

TPG Telecom is seeking better commercial alternatives after it decided it will no longer ask the Federal Court to review the Australian Competition Tribunal's unfavourable ruling against its network sharing spectrum deal with Telstra.

The Federal Court has ordered that Dell Australia Pty Ltd pay $10 million for making false and misleading representations on its website about discount prices for add-on computer monitors

Meta's wholly-owned subsidiaries Facebook Israel and Onavo have each been penalised $10 million for engaging in conduct liable to mislead in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

Telecommunications provider Singtel Optus has been hit with a class action, with the law firm Slater and Gordon saying it had been filed on behalf of people affected by last year's data breach.