The judge overseeing an $100 million class action against NAB over the collapse of Walton Construction has rejected the bank’s bid for soft class closure ahead of mediation.
Wealth investment firm Ord Minnett has filed a cross-claim arguing a former executive who claims he was sacked for complaining about a $110,000 cut in his pay imposed after ASIC slapped the firm with a penalty for breaching market rules.
The Pakistani government’s opposition to India’s attempt to register a composite ‘Basmati’ trade mark will go on despite filing delays, with a delegate finding it was in the public interest to allow the opposition.
White & Case has snagged a partner from Maddocks with more than 25 years of experience in corporate real estate to assist the firm on global transactions and restructurings.
Citing the significant time and costs invested in the litigation, the applicant in the second filed class action over the collapse of Quintis wants his half of a $4.37 million settlement with the sandalwood producer to fund ongoing costs in what remains of the case.
CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi says that Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm did not use ‘Wollemi’ and ‘Wollemi Capital’ as trade marks “at any point in time”, as it seeks to defeat Denholm’s appeal of a decision which rejected her family office’s opposition to registration of the marks.
The Kingdom of Spain must pay $56,000 in security to bring its challenge in a long-running dispute over whether it must pay a $200 million arbitral award to two renewable energy investors.
Hyundai and Kia have been ordered to produce further documents to allow a class action to investigate the nature and extent of alleged engine defects, with a judge rejecting the car makers’ bid to produce only a sample set of documents.
A managing associate at Allens who specialises in regulatory investigations and financial crime is joining the Corrs Chambers Westgarth partnership as a member of its investigations and inquiries practice group.
A judge has found ASX-traded mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering can use documents disclosed in its case against rival Schlam over a former employee’s alleged leak of confidential business information to expand its claims.