Scenic Tours has won a major victory on appeal in a class action against a ruling that put it on the hook for claims that luxury European river cruise passengers were owed damages and compensation after they were forced to take the bus because of flood waters.
Woolworths has shot back at claims in a shareholder class action that it breached its continuous disclosure obligations, saying the lawsuit doesn’t allege there was material information it should have disclosed to shareholders in advance of its downward revision of a 2015 profit guidance.
The director of the King Lear production at the centre of a defamation case brought by Geoffrey Rush said on the witness stand Thursday he never told the actor his behaviour toward co-star Eyrn Jean Norvill had become “creepy”.
A judge has found an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier misled consumers by creating the false impression its products were made in Australia by Indigenous people, when they were actually made in Indonesia, the consumer watchdog said Wednesday.
Westpac is contesting a subpoena in a class action over allegedly excessive life insurance premiums for documents from Deloitte that may reveal how the bank chose the policies it offered.
Former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson, SC, told a Federal Court judge Wednesday to reject a proposed $35 million deal between ASIC and Westpac, saying the bank should pay at least $100 million if it committed the responsible lending breaches alleged by the regulator.
The judge overseeing a class action against American Medical Systems over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants has rejected the medical device maker’s bid to alter the start date for a sub-group of class members.
Swedish air conditioner supplier Dometic has lost is case alleging patent infringement claims against Australian rivals Houghton Leisure and Finch Australia over the popular Belaire 3200 AC used in caravans and other recreational vehicles.
H.J. Heinz Company has dropped its appeal of a ruling that it marketed its sugary snacks to kids as healthy, after the ACCC won a fraction of the $10 million fine it sought for the consumer law violations.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has successfully escaped a lawsuit by a Chinese vitamin company Nature’s Care after arguing it had been wrongly “dragged” into the case.