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Australia Federal Court fines local Dell unit

Supreme court building of Western Australia in Perth. Image provided by Adobe Stock.

August 14, 2023

Australia's Federal Court has ordered Dell's local unit to pay AU $10 million ($6.46 million) in fines related to misleading representations on its website regarding discounts for add-on computer monitors, according to a report from Reuters.

"This outcome sends a strong message to businesses that making false representations about prices or inflating discounts is a serious breach of consumer law and will attract substantial penalties," Liza Carver, commissioner of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, said in the report.