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State flags High Court appeal in hotel quarantine class action
The state of Victoria has foreshadowed a High Court challenge in its fight to stay a class action over the 2020 hotel quarantine in light of criminal action, an appeal it said raised issues relating to the “increasing and regular prosecutions” of government and corporate entities over health and safety laws.
NAB fails to resolve discovery spat in ‘boys club culture’ case
National Australia Bank has moved to set aside discovery requests in a suit by its former head of repo trading alleging she was bullied and paid less than other workers because of her gender.
Nuix class action to go ahead despite ASIC case
A shareholder class action against software company Nuix will go ahead as planned, after a stay application threatened to put the proceeding on ice pending the outcome of a separate case brought by ASIC.
No livestream for trial in wage cases against Coles, Woolworths
A Federal Court judge has pulled the plug on a bid by the Fair Work Ombudsman for an upcoming trial in wage cases against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to be livestreamed like other hearings of public interest in the court.
Facebook ad shows use of ‘Motherland’ trade mark, High Court told
The High Court has been asked to weigh in on whether online ads targeting Australian consumers can be the basis for a trade mark registration, in a long-running intellectual property spat between the maker of Mother Energy drinks and Vittoria Coffee over their respective 'mother' marks.
‘It’s game over’: Victoria tries again to stay hotel quarantine class action amid criminal case
The state of Victoria is trying again to stay a class action over the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle in light of a pending criminal action against the Department of Health, telling an appeals court the fundamental principles of the criminal justice system must be protected.
Both sides need ‘reality check’ in NAB ‘boys club culture’ case, judge says
The National Australia Bank and its former head of repo trading both “might need a bit of a reality check” in a discovery stoush, a judge has said in a case alleging the senior employee was bullied and paid less than other workers because of her gender.
Vittoria can’t transfer IP spat over Moccona instant coffee jar
Coffee brand Vittoria can't transfer a case over the trade mark for rival Moccona's instant coffee jar from one Federal Court registry to another, with a judge reminding the company that the court was "well into the 21st century" and could livestream hearings without the need for interstate travel.
Moccona’s instant coffee jar trade mark should be cancelled, Vittoria says
Moccona's instant coffee jar shape trade mark should be cancelled because the mark is functional and can't distinguish the company's goods, the owner of coffee brand Vittoria argues in a trade mark infringement cross-claim.
Five years after class action filed, BHP denies knowledge of dam collapse risk
In a class action long delayed by a battle over foreign shareholders, BHP Group has finally filed a defence, denying it misled shareholders over a failed Brazilian dam and saying knowledge about the risk of collapse cannot be imputed to the Melbourne-headquartered energy giant.