A judge has refused to stay a fight between the tax office and software company Oracle over royalties, finding determination of the dispute will guide 15 other cases.
Isuzu is not giving up its bid to slam the brakes on a suit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over alleged trade secrets theft.
The former Cambodian prime minister’s nephew has pared back truth defences to his defamation claims, but his alleged bad reputation remains to be confronted.
A “time poor” judge’s extensive copying and pasting of submissions and an offensive tweet by senator Pauline Hanson were at the centre of the week’s biggest litigation wins.
A judge has ordered Victoria’s Peninsula Health to fork over $316,260 in penalties for failing to pay overtime to a junior doctor leading a class action, saying the hospital operator had a “highly irresponsible attitude”.
An appeals court has set aside a $160,000 judgment against Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell, overturning a finding that a founding partner engaged in a “campaign of denigration” against a former general manager.
A judge has signed off on a class action settlement that will see Retail Food Group pay nothing to the current and former franchisees of its Michel’s Patisserie chain.
Rugby Australia is considering an insolvent trading cross-claim against the directors of the Melbourne Rebels, in a suit by the failed team which was cut from next year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition.
In a loss for Bed Bath N’ Table, the Full Court has overturned a finding that homewares retailer House engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by setting up its ‘Bed & Bath’ stores.
A shareholder class action against BHP over the 2015 Fundao dam collapse in Brazil has won a bid to add an extra three weeks to a six-week hearing to account for any evidentiary surprises.