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 judge has found the Australian Cablemakers Association did not violate the consumer laws when it sent letters to several Ministers complaining that an electrical cable supplied by Midland Metals was unsafe.
The Fair Work Ombudsman lost its argument for $4.1 million in penalties against the CFMMEU for industrial action at shipping terminals in Sydney and Brisbane, with a judge instead fining the union just $38,000.
An environmental group has lost a bid to halt the expansion of an open cut mine owned by a subsidiary of Peabody Energy on the grounds that the regulatory approval for the project failed to assess its greenhouse gas emissions.
A serviced apartments provider wants to appeal a ruling that blocked it from trade marking the phrase “Waldorf Apartment” after Hilton Worldwide — which owns New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel – opposed the move.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a 12-month investigation into workplace sexual harassment, the first of its kind birthed from the growing #MeToo movement.
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 trustee for collapsed investment group LKM Capital has reached a settlement in a class action brought on behalf of hundreds of investors who sunk $63 million into the failed firm.
Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources has won its appeal of an IP Australia ruling that rejected its mining patent after a challenge by the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation.
A judge has served up a loss for Domino’s Pizza in its ongoing IP battle with Australian tech startup Precision Tracking, dismissing the company’s bid to bolster its case with an Uber patent.