A Federal Court judge has criticised Volkswagen for being “uncooperative” in refusing to tell the court who authorised the defeat device at the heart of the auto giant’s diesel emissions cheating scandal.
An invention that simply puts “a business method or scheme into a computer” is not patentable, the Commissioner of Patents told a court Wednesday on the first day of a highly anticipated trial over a rejected software patent application by marketing tech startup Rokt.
A judge has issued a ruling on the procedure for reviewing documentsĀ for legal professional privilege that were seized from mining magnate Tony Sage by the Australian Federal Police, after a stalemate over the review process left the documents in legal limbo for five years.Ā
The credibility of a witness in the ACCC’s dismissed cartel case against Cascade Coal may prejudice an upcoming criminal trial against the son of former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid, a court was told Friday.Ā
International airline Air New Zealand has been hit with a $15 million penalty for participating in a global air cargo cartel to fix the price of fuel, insurance and security surcharges.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is seeking up to $30 million in penalties against Garuda Indonesia after the airline was found guilty of participating in a price fixing cartel.
The CFMMEU has been ordered to pay $142,000 in penalties after the Federal Court found the union had aborted an elaborate construction procedure in Melbourne and threatened four contractors if they continued to work onsite.
A Federal Court judge has signed off on a $700 million settlement between AUSTRAC and Commonwealth Bank of Australia for violating anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, saying the penalty showed the court’s “strong disapproval” of the bank’s actions.
The ACCC won its case against Sydney-based Unique International College on a “paucity of material”, the Full Federal Court has heard in an appeal of a ruling that found the vocational trainer exploited disadvantaged people and violated the Australian Consumer Law.