Wealth investment firm Ord Minnett has filed a cross-claim arguing a former executive who claims he was sacked for complaining about a $110,000 cut in his pay imposed after ASIC slapped the firm with a penalty for breaching market rules.
The Pakistani government’s opposition to India’s attempt to register a composite ‘Basmati’ trade mark will go on despite filing delays, with a delegate finding it was in the public interest to allow the opposition.
White & Case has snagged a partner from Maddocks with more than 25 years of experience in corporate real estate to assist the firm on global transactions and restructurings.Ā
CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi says that Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm did not use āWollemiā and āWollemi Capitalā as trade marks āat any point in timeā, as it seeks to defeat Denholmās appeal of a decision which rejected her family officeās opposition to registration of the marks.
The Kingdom of Spain must pay $56,000 in security to bring its challenge in a long-running dispute over whether it must pay a $200 million arbitral award to two renewable energy investors.Ā
Courtenay House director Tony Iervasi has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges connected to a $180 million Ponzi scheme that duped hundreds of investors.
Hyundai and Kia have been ordered to produce further documents to allow a class action to investigate the nature and extent of alleged engine defects, with a judge rejecting the car makersā bid to produce only a sample set of documents.
The Australian Pacific Investment Corporation has scored a win a dispute with Vasco Trustees over a managed investment scheme at the Yarra Valley Lodge hotel, with a judge finding that ‘evergreen’ licensing agreements are invalid.Ā
A judge has allowed Aristocrat to appeal a judge’s rejection of its application to patent its Lightning Link poker machine, citing novel questions raised by an equally split High Court decision about the patentability of its invention.
A judge has criticised the pleadings in class actions against ANZ, Macquarie and Westpac over flexible commission schemes for car dealers, saying they were “inappropriate and unhelpful” in referring to documents in the banking royal commission.Ā