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Westpac has criticised Shine Lawyers for allegedly turning a registration and opt out notice to class action members into a 'sales pitch' designed to book-build for the firm, saying the High Court's recent common fund ruling forbade approval of anything designed to boost the commercial viability of a case.
Suspended rugby player Jack de Belin has hit the publisher of The Daily Telegraph with a defamation lawsuit over an article, cartoon and tweet that allegedly implied he was a "rapist" and a "despicable person".
Supermarket giant Coles may be hit with a class action after it was revealed on Tuesday that the company owes staff in its supermarket and liquor businesses at least $20 million in pay.
The ACCC has approved Hong Kong-based China Mengniu Dairy Company's acquisition of Lion Dairy & Drinks, saying the deal was not likely to substantially lessen competition in the raw milk market.
A former managing director of Australian civil infrastructure contractor WBHO Infrastructure and his firm have lost their bid to cross-examine the company's instructing solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth as part of a $1 million share dispute that followed his termination.
The judges overseeing two competing class actions against Monsanto in the Federal and Victorian Supreme Courts may hold a joint sitting as the multiplicity fight continues and the chemical giant flags a future bid to either transfer or permanently stay the state court proceeding.
Popstar Katy Perry has rejected claims of trade mark infringment by Sydney-based fashion designer Katie Perry, saying the designer "encouraged or acquiesced to" the singer's use of her name on branded clothing sold in Australia.
Wood products giant Boral Timber has been found vicariously liable for a male worker's sexual harrassment of a female colleague, with an appeals court overturning a ruling that it said took a judge more than six years to deliver and "regrettably" brought the administration of justice into disrepute.
Caterpillar has scored a victory in one of several legal challenges the construction equipment manufacturer has launched to protect its 'cat' trade marks, successfully opposing the registration of the 'ironcat' mark for tyres and auto maintenance.
Baker McKenzie has nabbed former King & Wood Mallesons special counsel Charlie Detmold for the law firm's key banking and finance practice in Melbourne.