Tag: Federal Court

ASX cops $20.5m fine for misleading on CHESS upgrade

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s stock exchange operator has admitted it made misleading comments on the status of a critical tech project, and will pay more than $23 million in fines and costs...

Google cops $55m fine for anti-competitive conduct

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A court has ordered Google Asia Pacific to pay a $55 million fine after the consumer watchdog found it used contracts with Android phone manufacturers and telcos to maintain...

Federal Court rules against Apple, Google in landmark case

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A Federal Court judge found the smartphone app stores of Apple and Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct in Australia, in a partial victory for Fortnite game developer Epic Games...

Apple wins Aussie patent dispute over Face ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Apple has won a lengthy patent dispute over biometric security with an Australian technology investment company, with the Federal Court this week ruling in favour of the US tech...

Tax Office sharpens crackdown on RDTI cheats

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Sydney businessman and his firms have been ordered to pay more than $13 million in penalties for encouraging clients to lodge over-inflated, inaccurate or unsubstantiated claims for research...

eSafety takes win against X as legal battle continues

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
X has lost its case to invalidate a $610,500 penalty issued by the eSafety Commissioner for inadequately reporting on efforts to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse material last year....

eSafety Commissioner ditches legal fight with X

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The eSafety Commissioner has abandoned its Federal Court case against Elon Musk’s X, just days after two prominent US digital rights groups were approved to intervene in the matter....