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Iconic Melbourne music venue loses trade mark appeal
Appeals 2022-09-13 12:51 pm By Sam Matthews

The Corner Hotel has lost another bid to cancel a rival club’s ‘jazz corner’ and ‘jazz corner hotel’ trade marks, with a judge finding the marks did not infringe the famed Richmond pub’s ‘corner’ trade marks.

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Law firm barred by court from obstructing manager appointed by legal watchdog
Business of Law 2022-09-13 11:42 pm By Sam Matthews

A law firm whose principal has been barred from practicing has been restrained from obstructing a Thomson Geer partner appointed to manage it.

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Appeals court sides with nephew in Binetter family feud over $1M loan
Appeals 2022-09-12 10:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has tossed an appeal in litigation between members of the embattled Binetter family, founders of Nudie Juice, over a $1 million loan given by Holocaust survivor Ida Wolff to her nephew Ronald Binetter.

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ACCC appeals ruling on Retail Food Group sample stores
Appeals 2022-09-09 12:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appealed a judgment that found its case alleging Retail Foods Group misled franchisees should be run using a sample of stores.

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Puma loses appeal bid in trade mark fight with Caterpillar
Intellectual Property 2022-09-09 10:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Puma has failed in its bid for leave to appeal a decision that found its ‘Procat’ trade mark was deceptively similar to US machinery manufacturer Caterpillar’s CAT marks.

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In loss for TerraCom, Full Court finds ASIC can view PwC report
Appeals 2022-09-07 12:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Coal mining firm TerraCom has lost its Full Court bid to shield a PricewaterhouseCoopers report from ASIC, on appeal from a judgment which found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.

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Snap Fitness franchisee loses COVID-19 coverage appeal, but ‘conformity clause’ debate still live
Insurance 2022-08-31 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has dismissed a challenge brought by a Snap Fitness franchisee to a ruling that found insurer Lloyd’s could rely on a conformity clause in its policy to deny business interruption coverage to the NSW gym for losses related to COVID-19.

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Mawhinney slammed for taking lawyers’ reputation ‘hostage’ in ASIC appeal
Financial Services 2022-08-26 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

The former legal representatives of James Mawhinney have hit back at allegations of incompetence by the embattled Mayfair 101 founder on the last day of his appeal against decisions that saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.

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Inchcape keeps up fight with Chubb over coverage for ransomware attack losses
Appeals 2022-08-26 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

UK automotive distributor Inchcape has challenged a judgment that put insurer Chubb on the hook for some but not all of the financial losses stemming from a cyberattack that allegedly caused $4 million in loss.

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Lawyers’ failure kept me from claiming privilege, says Mayfair’s Mawhinney
Financial Services 2022-08-22 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The founder of beleaguered investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has argued that multiple law firms failed to advise him of the privilege against self-exposure to penalty in proceedings brought by the corporate regulator, which saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.

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