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Talent scout settles suit with Teneo alleging she worked 16-hour days
Employment 2024-01-26 12:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former talent count for global CEO advisory firm Teneo has resolved a lawsuit against her former employer alleging she endured 16-hour workdays and was exposed to a toxic, male-dominated work culture.

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Ochre liquidator can serve missing directors by email, judge says
Restructuring & Insolvency 2024-01-26 1:46 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has given a liquidator the green light to use substituted service to serve court documents on two directors of failed iron ore producer Ochre Group whose exact whereabouts are unknown, amid concerns about transactions leading up to the company’s collapse.

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Bickfords squeezes out Frucor’s ‘Real McCoy’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2024-01-26 9:28 am By Cindy Cameronne

Australian beverage company Bickfords, which makes ‘Real McCoy’ whiskey mixed drinks, has successfully opposed rival drink maker Frucor Suntory’s bid to trade mark the same name for a fruit juice product, with an IP Australia delegate finding the beverages were similar.

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Qube can draw on $7M in spat with Martinus over interstate rail project
Transportation & Infrastructure 2024-01-26 3:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

Martinus Rail cant stop logistics company Qube from calling on $7 million in bank guarantees as part of a dispute over the construction of the Moorebank Interstate Intermodal terminal and rail project, after a judge rejected the argument that drawing on the funds would contravene the Security of Payment Act.

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Canberra developers can’t muzzle ASIC over disqualification
Real Estate 2024-01-25 10:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two former directors of a Canberra property development group have lost their bid to bar ASIC from announcing their disqualification, with a tribunal finding this would keep financiers and creditors “in the dark” and make the market less transparent.

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Telstra sued for $45M over mobile services contract
New lawsuit 2024-01-24 10:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kingfisher Mobile, which provides mobile services to Telstra customers, has taken the telecommunications giant to court for allegedly breached its contractual obligations when it engaged a new provider to take over from Kingfisher.

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The Agency Group loses trade mark fight with real estate rival
Intellectual Property 2024-01-24 3:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney real estate group The Agency has lost an appeal in its trade mark case against a rival, with the Full Federal Court upholding a finding that the company would have an “unwarranted monopoly” if other businesses were barred from using the descriptive words in its name.

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Thiess dodges lawsuit over $54M contract for Wheatstone natural gas project
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-01-23 2:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Thiess has defeated a lawsuit by a rock supplier seeking $9.3 million in damages for alleged delays by the mining services giant in receiving materials for work on Chevron’s Wheatstone natural gas hub. 

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Care A2’s $358M cross-claim a ‘new front’ in battle with Gensco, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-01-23 2:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Care A2 Plus must hand over $675,000 in security for costs to pursue a $358 million cross-claim in a lawsuit by former business partner Gensco, after a judge found the infant formula company’s claims were a “counterattack”, and not merely defensive. 

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PepsiCo appeals loss in case over royalty withholding tax
Tax 2024-01-22 3:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

US drink giant PepsiCo has lodged an appeal of a court win for the Australian Taxation Office over payments made by Schweppes under a distribution agreement that were found to be subject to royalty withholding tax.

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