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A judge has blasted an ex-Linchpin director’s delay in appealing a five-year disqualification ordered by ASIC and threatened to dismiss the appeal after he failed to comply with court orders.
Apple has told a judge a high-stakes competition lawsuit by Fornite game maker Epic Games should be temporarily stayed in light of a special leave application lodged with the High Court and an 'imminent' judgment from a US court.
Herbert Smith Freehills this week escaped a cross-claim that its advice made it liable for the alleged losses of Arrium's lenders, but the judge who tossed the claim along with the banks' cases expressed doubts about one of the law firm's key arguments, a warning to other firms caught up in litigation as so-called concurrent wrongdoers.
ANZ may fight to block a sacked trader from relying on his communications with ASIC in a case alleging he was fired after complaining about rate-rigging at the bank, saying it may be unlawful to use the documents, a court has heard.
US-based chemical and materials technology company Cytec Industries has won its Federal Court challenge to a mining patent application by a unit of Ecolab, with the court finding the claims in the patent lacked support and sufficient disclosure.
Property data analytics firm CoreLogic infringed the copyright of a real estate photographer by uploading images from realestate.com.au to its own property data platform without a licence, the Full Federal Court has found.
A Gold Coast developer must re-plead allegations in a defamation lawsuit against Fairfax over an article alleging he met a former Ipswich mayor at a brothel, after a judge struck out several claims that he described as “spectacularly imaginative and utterly unreasonable”.
The banks and high-ranking executives targeted in pared-down criminal cartel proceedings over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement are taking new steps to shut down the long-running case, including further probes into the ACCC's conduct during its investigation into the alleged cartel.
Liberal MP Christian Porter is effectively asking the court to “protect his reputation” by seeking to block Nine and NewsCorp from using secret portions of the ABC’s defence to his defamation allegations, Nine told a judge in opposing the move.
AMP has lost its bid to access documents showing software company DST Bluedoor's revenue forecasts and employee remuneration in a $35.5 million legal stoush alleging the financial services firm induced 11 employees to jump ship after licensing its online advisor platform.