CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi has defeated a challenge by Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm’s family office to registering its name as a trade mark, with a delegate finding the family’s private investment vehicle of the same name did not use the mark in trade or commerce.
A former maths teacher at exclusive Sydney school Cranbrook who alleges she was blackmailed by a student has filed proceedings alleging breaches of the Fair Work Act by her former employer.
Ashurst has lured two partners from competing firms to join its Perth office, bolstering its restructuring and investigations offerings for clients in the energy sector.
The liquidator of a security firm that collapsed after being sued over Victoria’s hotel quarantine debacle has taken the firm’s former lawyers, Clyde & Co, to court.
A Senate report into the government’s use of consultants, launched in the wake of PwC’s leak of confidential Treasury information, has recommended an inquiry into whether partnerships should be subject to the same regulations as corporations and again called on PwC to release the names of all those involved in the leak of confidential government information.
A law firm that has gone after major banks and the federal government over their climate exposure has trained its sight on the National Australia Bank.
The High Court has declined to step in after Hells Angels’ award of $78,000 in damages for online marketplace Redbubble’s infringement of its trade marks was slashed to just $100, bringing to an end an IP fight that has stretched on for nearly a decade.
The High Court will not hear mining magnate Clive Palmer’s challenge to a court’s finding that lawsuits he brought challenging two criminal cases against him over a takeover bid and alleged payments to his political party were an abuse of process and should be stayed.
Kennedys has lured a team of 16 from Clyde & Co, including three partners, to bolster its insurance practice group, the latest raid on its rival firm.
Two units of insurer IAG have been hit with a class action for allegedly misleading hundreds of thousands of home owners insurance customers about loyalty discounts.