Bookmaker Sportsbetting.com.au has accused rival Sportsbet of “groundless threats” as it hits back with a cross claim in a hotly disputed trade mark lawsuit between the two companies.
Already facing action by the corporate regulator for alleged misleading and deceptive conduct and a potential class action, investment firm Mayfair 101 must now defend a lawsuit by former Liberal senator Julian McGauran, who is demanding the return of his $1 million investment.
US-based Facebook has argued that it does not carry on business in Australia despite users in Australia accessing its website, calling for the dismissal of action brought by the Australian Information Commissioner over alleged privacy breaches.
The competition regulator wants the High Court to hear its challenge to Pacific National’s $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, saying the deal would entrench the rail freight carrier’s near monopoly on the east coast of Australia.
A challenge to a judgment which found that one partner of a corporate insolvency firm “ambushed” the other to leave the business has been partially overturned by an appeals court.
Ashurst notified Australia and New Zealand Banking Group almost a decade ago about issues relating to its illegal fees, ASIC has told the Federal Court as it fights for documents from the law firm.
The judge overseeing a copyright infringement lawsuit against an electronic music duo and Air France over the 1977 disco hit ‘Love Is In The Air’ has denied a request to re-open the case or tweak his reasons for rejecting most claims for damages, saying the plaintiffs’ opportunity to raise an argument they had likely “overlooked” had passed.
A settlement has been reached in a dispute between UK-based Hill & Smith Holdings and Australia-based Safe Barriers Pty Ltd over a patented road safety barrier system.
A judge has agreed to give two executives of Geowash a reprieve from enforcement of $2.7 million in penalties pending an appeal of a judgment in an ACCC case that found the car wash franchisor overcharged franchisees and misled them about expected revenue.
After claiming he could be vindicated only by giving evidence in open court, war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith looks likely to get his wish, as the parties to his defamation proceedings finalise negotiations with the Federal Government on the use of national security information.