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Hungry Jack's is defending its 'Big Jack' against trade mark infringement claims by rival fast-food chain McDonald's, saying the burger's moniker incorporates its founder's name with nothing more than a descriptive word for its large size that is "commonly" used by other fast-food restaurants.
Telstra has suffered a defeat in its lawsuit accusing competitor Singtel Optus of violating consumer laws with ads claiming it is "covering more of Australia than ever before", with a judge calling Telstra's allegations that the ads implied a comparison with other telcos "strained and fanciful".
The Morrison Government will ease responsible lending laws requiring banks to verify information from credit-seeking consumers, after the corporate regulator's failed "wagyu and shiraz" case attacking Westpac's lending practices.
Nationwide News and journalist Miranda Devine have agreed to pay a "substantial" sum to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by nine-year old Quaden Bayles over Devine's retweets of conspiracy theories suggesting a video of Bayles posted on social media following a bullying incident were fake.
The Federal Court has provided clarification as to how the Morrison government's JobKeeper scheme operates, in a ruling against Qantas Airways that found the airline had incorrectly applied the scheme and underpaid its staff.
Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has failed in its Federal Court challenge to a patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock by a subsidiary of competitor Merck Sharp & Dohme.
Westpac has agreed to pay a whopping $1.3 billion civil penalty to resolve AUSTRAC enforcement action over the bank's 23 million breaches of money laundering and counter-terrorism laws.
A judge has denied a request to grant priority status to a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts that would have allowed the Melbourne-based legal team running the case to access childcare and leave their homes for work while the state of Victoria remains in lockdown.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has asked a court to toss a majority of claims in a lawsuit brought by 63-year-old partner Colin Brown over the firm's alleged discriminatory retirement policy that he claims has cost him almost $4 million.
A former general counsel of AMP who claims she was sacked from the wralth management firm after raising concerns about its fees for no services conduct is looking to strike out defence claims that she "frequently and openly disparaged" the company's board, as well as claims that she was being performance managed.