New Zealand honey producers have failed in a lengthy fight with their Aussie counterparts to trade mark the term âmanuka honeyâ, with the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand ruling the phrase is merely descriptive of a type of honey.
An appeals court has said that while it might be desirable for law firms to disclose their involvement in drafting expert reports, they are not legally obligated to do so, overturning a finding that Corrs Chambers Westgarth went âfar beyond the permissible scopeâ of involvement in a report prepared for a trade secrets case.
A contradictor in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson and unit Ethicon has told the court of the âextraordinary amount of group member unhappinessâ following approval of a $300 million settlement â the largest in the history of Australian product liability group proceedings.
A judge has ordered contractor JKC Australia to hand over legal advice relating to a settlement deed it entered with Japanese oil company Inpex in 2021, as it seeks to hold Dutch paint company AkzoNobel NV responsible for its âsignificantâ potential liability under the settlement.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine breached privacy rules in a story on A Current Affair about a violent dispute between neighbours in regional New South Wales that went viral on YouTube.
A judge has ordered a litigation funder that bankrolled a photographerâs unsuccessful copyright claim against CoreLogic to pay indemnity costs to the property data analytics company, saying the funder was not âmotivated by any concerns for access to justiceâ.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched an investigation into whether Nuixâs current Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Rubinsztein unlawfully bought shares in the company after learning about a potential takeover offer.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dragged lender Money3 to court for allegedly failing to properly assess the creditworthiness of low-income individuals before saddling them with $11,000 loans for second-hand car purchases.
An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, which it acquired in 2018, was unreasonable.
A clash between a class action applicant and a litigation funder over $1.2 million in claimed expenses has settled, after a judge ordered the sides to personally attend mediation.