A judge has spiked Piper Alderman’s class action alleging Google abuses its dominance in digital advertising, favouring a competing case run jointly by two other firms, despite suggesting such arrangements hinted at lawyers “passing the prize around”.
An Aboriginal group joined to Regis Resources’ challenge to a decision concerning its McPhillamys gold mine has won an order capping its costs at $20,000, with a judge rejecting the gold producer’s argument the order was unnecessary.
The applicant in a long-running class action over the government’s live exports ban has lodged an appeal after a judge has found that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia in 2012 and 2013 if the ban had not been in place.
Kmart is facing legal action to determine whether the retail giant has engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct over alleged forced labour of members of a Chinese ethnic minority group.
Craft brewer Better Beer has lost a challenge to rival TRADIE’s bid to register a trade mark for the promotional phrase ‘TRADIE Beer Built Better’, with IP Australia finding no real danger of confusion between the brands.
A barrister who claimed a conviction for contempt had “slipped his mind” has lost an appeal of a decision finding he was not a fit and proper person to hold a practicing certificate.
German car hire company SIXT has sued Darwin International and Alice Springs airports for $1.9 million, alleging its lease arrangements with the airports did not allow for rent reductions.
Mercedes-Benz dealers are pressing on with their $650 million battle over the luxury car maker’s move to a fixed-priced agency model, taking their case to the High Court.
The NSW tax office has succeeded on appeal in its fight with Uber over five years of payroll tax totalling more than $81 million, with an appeals court finding that payments made to drivers are taxable.
A judge has refused to force the sale of a Footscray property used for logistics services, estimated to be worth $23 million, saying an agreement by the co-owners to sell it by a deadline could no longer be performed.