The Fair Work Commission has rejected a former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission employee’s unfair dismissal case, finding his argument that he resigned after the regulator repudiated his contract “disingenuous”.
The crypto platform formerly known as Be Pay Australia has settled a trade mark infringement suit by BPay after court-ordered mediation, changing its name and paying $50,000 toward the legal costs of the bill payments giant.
VCAT has found a Melbourne lawyer is not fit to practice after he sent threatening text messages to a witness in proceedings involving his former law firm.
Australian wine company McGuigan has lost its bid to trade mark ‘Black Label’ for its wine after Johnnie Walker, which makes the popular Black Label whiskey, successfully argued it would cause consumer confusion.
A recent study has found that one-third of surveyed Australian judicial officers should be tested for PTSD, with alcohol ranking as a key coping strategy among stressed-out judges.
A GlaxoSmithKline unit has defeated Nova Pharmaceuticals’ bid to trade mark ‘Novadart’ for a generic version of the British company’s market-leading drug prostate drug ‘Avodart’, with a delegate finding the mark would cause consumer confusion.
An environmental group has argued a fracking project in the Northern Territory was approved before its risks were adequately scrutinized, taking advantage of changes in the law that allow “interested persons” to seek administrative review of government decisions.
US-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has succeeded in patenting a patient-specific method for developing cancer vaccines using genome sequencing.
A court has granted Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources Australia an interim stay to allow it to contest the government’s decision not to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.
A fair work claim against the University of Canberra by the former deputy general counsel of Australian National University has been dismissed, with the Fair Work Commission finding she had no reason to think her fixed contract would not terminate at the agreed date, especially considering her legal background.