The ACCC has rejected ANZ’s $4.9 billion acquisition of Queensland-based Suncorp, setting up a likely challenge before the Australian Competition Tribunal.
A funder has won its bid for indemnity costs following a $2 million settlement offer, despite the offer being a ‘tactical’ move for costs protection in its successful $14.8 million claim against a Sydney property developer.
An IP Australia delegate has shot down Kraft’s opposition to a Mars patent for a less costly method for producing the distinct creaminess and flavour of crumb chocolate.
The High Court has found a Whitsundays resort is not vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who urinated on his roommate in staff accommodation after a night of drinking, finding the act had “no real connection” to his employment.
Norton Rose Fulbright has lured back two leading construction lawyers to the firm from Clyde & Co, along with a third leading construction and projects specialist.
Auditor Ernst & Young has filed cross-claims against Blue Sky in a shareholder class action accusing the collapsed investment firm of misleading shareholders by misstating its assets under management.
An investment manager has been arrested and charged with providing prospective investors with forged portfolio reports.
Collapsed vocational education provider Phoenix Institute and its marketing arm have been hit with a record $438 million penalty after a judge found they acted unconscionably and with “callous indifference” by enticing vulnerable consumers to enrol in unsuitable courses with promises of free laptops.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has called on Australia’s lawyers to show their support for the Indigenous Voice as the campaign to amend the Constitution to enshrine a Voice in Parliament races ahead.
The Ned Kelly Centre has come up short in its bid to halt two construction projects at the site of the famed bushranger’s last stand where he was captured by police.