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Brambles faces 2nd potential class action over rosy forecasts
Securities 2018-04-24 11:24 am By Christine Caulfield

Class action firm Slater & Gordon is preparing an investor class action against logistics company Brambles over alleged misstatements about revenue and sales growth for the 2017 financial year.

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Union can’t stall case over picketing at robo-terminal
Employment 2018-04-23 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has shot down a union bid to stall a lawsuit over picketing at the new ‘robo’ terminal in Port Melbourne pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the merger of the CFMEU with two other unions.

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Passenger sues Qantas over exploding headphones
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A seventy-eight-year-old man has taken Qantas to court over injuries allegedly suffered when headphones provided by the airline for in-flight entertainment exploded during a flight.

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Rio Tinto subsidiary appeals after IP Australia rejects mining patent
Intellectual Property 2018-04-23 6:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources Pty Ltd is appealing a decision by IP Australia to refuse a patent application for a method of separating mined material that was deemed a “purely logistical process”.

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Clouds build as AMP faces three potential shareholder class actions
Class Actions 2018-04-23 6:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

Business litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is examining a possible shareholder class action against AMP after the Royal Commission exposed damning revelations concerning the financial giant.

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Under fire, Clayton Utz denies AMP report was compromised
Clayton Utz 2018-04-23 2:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

Facing demands for answers and a call to be suspended from government contract work, Clayton Utz has finally spoken out over its role in the scandal embroiling AMP.

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Nationwide can’t file claim against Sydney Theatre Co. in Rush defamation case
Media 2018-04-20 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected an attempt by Nationwide News to drag the Sydney Theatre Company into a defamation case brought by actor Geoffrey Rush, calling its argument for filing a cross-claim against the theatre company “very weak, if not tenuous”.

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Judge halts Kraft-Bega arbitration in US while Aussie case proceeds
Intellectual Property 2018-04-20 10:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted Bega’s request to halt US arbitration proceedings between the Australian food maker and Kraft over peanut butter trade dress rights until a related case in Federal Court is resolved.

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Judge apologises before sending ABC defamation case to mediation
Media 2018-04-20 9:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

A defamation case against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation by Nauru’s Justice Minister David Adeang that was set down for trial in July has been sent to mediation by a busy Federal Court judge, who said he would not be available to hear the trial for another year.

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AMP chief quits amid scandal, board hires King & Wood Mallesons
Financial Services 2018-04-20 12:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AMP’s chief executive Craig Meller has resigned after this week’s shocking revelations that the company misled ASIC over fees charged to customers and may have influenced a Clayton Utz report to the securities regulator.

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