The Sydney Opera House Trust has resolved a long-running dispute accusing a China trade group of committing flagrant copyright infringement by reproducing substantial portions of the iconic landmark’s trade mark-protected sail design in its logo.
Online mattress retailer Emma Sleep faces enforcement action by the ACCC alleging the company’s ad campaigns were false and misleading when they implied prices had been discounted and that sales offers would not last long.
The lead plaintiff in a class action over Sydneyâs light rail construction, who is seeking a $3 million judgment, has brought a novel bid for the NSW government to pay a funderâs 40 per cent commission as damages, rather than as a deduction from the amount owed to group members.
Mitsubishi Motors has prevailed before the High Court in a challenge to a ruling that it breached the consumer laws by affixing a fuel efficiency label to its Tritons, in a decision that puts a dent in a class action on behalf of tens of thousands of drivers.
Group members will walk away with nothing under a settlement in a seven-year old class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on behalf of borrowers who claimed they were forced to default on their commercial loans.
Gas giant Woodside has been hit with legal action by Greenpeace, accused of misleading the public by greenwashing its gas and oil projects.
The Project producer Angus Llewellyn has testified that Bruce Lehrmann was given a reasonable chance to respond to rape allegations made by Brittany Higgins, and dismissed as âridiculousâ the suggestion that he indicated to Higgins and her partner David Sharaz that he was going to âdo a numberâ on Lehrmann.Â
The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmannâs defamation case against Network Ten intervened on Wednesday during cross-examination of The Project producer Angus Llewellyn, apparently dissatisfied with Llewellyn’s response when asked whether he believed Brittany Higginsâ partner David Sharaz had a âpolitical agenda”.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned a former AMP authorised representative who is suing the wealth manager for allegedly terminating him without proper cause and forcing him to sell his business for $6.1 million under its buyer of last resort program.
Generative artificial intelligence will completely transform the legal industry, potentially decimating the billable hour in the process, and experts say practitioners who donât embrace the technology will be swiftly replaced by those who do.