A judge has cast doubt on whether a class action against the state of NSW over police strip searches at 50 music festivals should be run as a representative proceeding, telling the state to decide whether to file a de-classing application āsooner rather than laterā.
Melbourne restaurant College Dropout Burgers has been hit with a lawsuit by Kanye West for allegedly using the controversial rapper’s name and likeness without permission.
Cable TV giant Foxtel has lost a protracted IP battle with subsidiary of global tech giant Cognizant over a digital download patent for a modern DVR system.
Responding to increasing crackdowns on anti-money laundering and counter terrorism breaches, Melbourne consulting firm KordaMentha has merged with Australian advisory firm Murray Waldren Consulting to form a new financial crimes service. The partnership comes off the back of damning reports by gaming regulators in NSW and Victoria into major casinos Star Entertainment and Crown Resorts.…
The Corner Hotel has lost another bid to cancel a rival clubās ‘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.
ClubsNSW has lost a bid to keep its contempt of court case against whistleblower Troy Stolz and YouTuber Jordan Shanks secret, with a judge finding āthe interests of open justice are paramountā.
A judge has rejected a bid by Clive Palmer-owned Palmer Leisure Australia to throw out legal action by the Electoral Commission of Queensland over donations the golf course management company made to Palmerās United Australia Party in 2020.
Another law firm is planning competition class actions against Apple and Google over their app stores, just over a month after Phi Finney McDonald filed group proceedings against the tech giants, setting up a beauty parade that adds a wrinkle to similar cases brought by Epic Games.
The state of NSW faces a class action over police strip searches at music festivals that is calling for aggravated and exemplary damages for the “invasive and unlawful” treatment of hundreds of festivalgoers.
Crown Casino has been given conditional approval to reopen gaming operations in Sydney following its takeover by private equity firm Blackstone.