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Eclipx may face shareholder class action
Class Actions 2018-08-08 9:42 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Eclipx group is looking at a possible shareholder class action following recent drops in its share price after it disclosed that its published profit growth forecasts need to be revised downwards.

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Full Court questions restraint against class action lawyers
Class Actions 2018-08-07 10:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Federal Court expressed doubts Tuesday about an “unusual” and “heavy handed” order restraining lawyers leading the stayed class actions against GetSwift from advising their clients about whether to opt out of the prevailing action.

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Westpac dodges ASIC bid for rogue trader chatter
Financial Services 2018-08-07 9:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate watchdog can’t get its hands on documents detailing Westpac’s disciplinary measures against rogue traders or communications between the employees ahead of a penalty hearing in a case that found the bank attempted to influence the Bank Bill Swap Rate.

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Aristocrat mulls misleading conduct case against Ainsworth
Intellectual Property 2018-08-07 9:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies is seeking further documents from rival Ainsworth Game Technology to weigh misleading conduct and passing off claims as it mounts a potential copyright and consumer law case.

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Viterra wins Cargill sale docs after mid-trial revelation
Trials 2018-08-07 9:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Cargill has been ordered to turn over what it describes as “highly confidential” documents related to the possible sale of its malt business, a new revelation in the complex trial over claims Viterra fraudulently concealed crucial information when it sold malt producer Joe White Maltings to Cargill Australia in 2013 for $420 million.

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WorleyParsons CFO told earnings targets a ‘stretch’, email reveals
Class Actions 2018-08-06 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

A week before WorleyParson’s CEO promised shareholders net profits in excess of $322 million for the 2014 financial year, the engineering group’s global finance director told its CFO that the company’s earnings targets were “a stretch”, according to an email uncovered in a shareholder class action.

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GetSwift class action should be reheard by new judge, Full Court told
Class Actions 2018-08-06 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

The judge overseeing the GetSwift class action proceedings was bent on picking a winner from the outset and should be removed from the case for rehearing, a barrister for one of the losing law firms told the Full Federal Court Monday.

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Big W worker wins $543,000 after injury sidelines career as paramedic
Employment 2018-08-06 7:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Big W worker whose on-the-job injury caused her chronic leg and back pain has won $543,000 in damages against Woolworths after the company admitted breaching its duty to the teenager.

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Victoria’s Secret files lawsuit over knockoff body sprays
Intellectual Property 2018-08-06 11:43 am By Cat Fredenburgh

US lingerie company Victoria’s Secret has brought a lawsuit over the sale of knockoff products that mimic the get-up of its trade marked body care products, ahead of the much-anticipated launch of its first store in Australia.

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Trial delayed as Google asks Unlockd to prove it can pay
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-06 11:03 am By Christine Caulfield

Unlockd says its close to finalising litigation funding to pursue its competition case against Google, but the September trial date has been pushed back as the search engine demands a show of proof that the failed startup can pay up if the case goes Google’s way.

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