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A solicitor who failed to respond to calls from the Federal Court has been criticised by a judge for filing what appeared to be a "deficient" application in a case run on behalf of gangland lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson in her bid to obtain details from Google over the identity of an online reviewer.
The Australian unit of French investment bank Société Générale must pay a $30,000 penalty after pleading guilty to four counts of breaching client money handling rules.
Real estate investment giant Cromwell Property Group will not get the court's help in pursuing a case of "unlawful association" against its largest shareholder, Singapore-based ARA Group, which has made a $518 million hostile takeover bid, and the family of Chinese billionaire Gordon Tang.
Construction firm Icon Co has won a coverage dispute with its insurers over $31 million in losses stemming from Sydney's ill-fated Opal Tower, whose residents were evacuated after cracks appeared in the tower's walls on Christmas Eve in 2018.
Former celebrity advisor and banking royal commission witness Sam Henderson has avoided jail time and been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to dishonesty and defective disclosure offences for falsely telling clients he had completed a Master of Commerce degree.
Heavy metal singer Dee Snider has admitted under cross-examination that 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' influenced Twisted Sister's rock anthem 'We're Not Gonna Take It' but denied that he had "borrowed" elements of the Christmas carol for the 1985 hit.
AIG has settled a lawsuit brought by Kaboko Mining against several former directors alleging they failed to exploit commercial opportunities, after the insurer failed to convince an appeals court that an insolvency exclusion in the company's D&O policy should exempt it from covering the claims.
A judge has sided in part with QBE Insurance and pared back a class action over allegedly worthless add-on insurance sold by ANZ to credit card and personal loan customers.
A judge has shot down Monster Energy's opposition to Japanese software company Mixi registering the 'Monster Strike' trade mark in Australia for its popular video game of the same name, the second judge to find the energy drink maker's standalone 'Monster' mark does not have a significant reputation in Australia.
A judge has slapped National Australia Bank with a $15 million penalty over its scandal-ridden home loan introducer program but slammed ASIC's investigation into the program, saying there was no "real regulatory desire to pursue a thorough investigation as to what in truth occurred".