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Credibility of Lehrmann, Higgins central to judge’s looming ruling in defamation case
Defamation 2024-03-20 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Did Bruce Lehrmann rape colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019? That is the primary question in the case to be decided by the Federal Court early next month, and the credibility of the two principal protagonists is central to answering that question.

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Judge worries Apple misused court submissions to ā€˜pressureā€™ Epic Games overseas
Trials 2024-03-20 9:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing a landmark competition case against Apple and Google has questioned whether Appleā€™s US lawyers wrongly used court submissions in Australia to put pressure on Epic Games in Europe and justify temporarily removing its developer account.Ā 

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Google offered Epic Games $200M to avoid competition with Play Store, court told
Neil Young 2024-03-20 9:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google offered Fortnite creator Epic Games $200 million and proposed to acquire equity in the company to prevent it from opening its own app store with exclusive content that could compete with the search giant’s Play Store, a court has heard.

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Nature’s Care founders can’t suppress all docs in fight with ATO
Tax 2024-03-20 10:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected sweeping suppression orders sought by the founders of vitamin giant Natureā€™s Care over documents in a $200 million tax debt stoush with the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, instead making limited suppression orders in light of the ā€œseriousā€ allegations made in the case.Ā 

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Aussie Broadband challenges Superloop sell order amid takeover fight
Telecommunications 2024-03-20 4:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Aussie Broadband is seeking to set aside a notice from the board of internet service provider Superloop directing it to sell down its 19.9 shareholding in the company, arguing the sell order was made for an improper purpose amid a ā€œcontested takeover battleā€ between the companies.Ā 

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WA biotech hit with $1.8M penalty for misleading market during pandemic
ASIC 2024-03-20 3:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Western Australian biotech Holista Colltech to pay a penalty of $1.8 million for making misleading representations to the market about sales of its natural sanitiser product during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hit its CEO with a four-year ban.Ā 

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Google chokes Play Store competition with technical restraints, Fortnite maker tells court
Trials 2024-03-19 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google is nearing “monopoly levels” with its exploitation of the Android brand to prevent other app stores from competing with its Play Store, the maker of the Fortnite video game has said in a landmark competition trial.

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No loss to Bordeaux wine producer from Tassie pinot noir bottle’s misleading appearance: court
Intellectual Property 2024-03-19 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

The maker of Tasmanian pinot noir label New Certan breached the consumer laws in bottling its product in a way that resembled the packaging of a fancy French drop, but the premium wine producer failed to prove any loss, a court has ruled.

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Uber to pay $272M to settle taxi driver class action
Class Actions 2024-03-18 8:58 am By Sam Matthews

On the eve of trial, rideshare giant Uber has agreed to pay $271.8 million to settle a five-year-old class action brought by taxi and hire car drivers in four states over the introduction of UberX.

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Apple CEO called App Store an ‘economic miracle’, court hears in Epic Games trial
Trials 2024-03-18 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple has made exceptional profits skimming a 30 per cent commission from sales on its app store, dubbed by the tech giant’s CEO an “economic miracle”, Epic Games has said on the first day of trial in a landmark competition case.

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