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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the go-ahead for supermarkets to work together immediately to ensure consumers have access to fresh food and groceries, after a wave of panic buying lead to product shortages and delivery disruptions across the country.
National Australia Bank and HSBC, which are suing the liquidators of collapsed retailer Dick Smith to recoup over $125 million in loans, have successfully fought off a bid by two former company directors for a series of financial reports.
A judge has signed off on a $42.5 million settlement of a class action against Cash Converters, brought on behalf of consumers that look out personal loans, in a move that will see the plaintiffs firm behind the case pocket $12.4 million.
The Kingdom of Spain is keeping up its fight against the enforcement of two arbitration awards putting it on the hook for paying two investment companies $375 million.
Measures to relax insolvency and bankruptcy laws to stem a possible wave of COVID-19 company collapses will not achieve their goal -- and if Australia enters a European-style lockdown it won't be a wave of insolvencies, it will be a tsunami, Lawyerly has been told.
Generic drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals has agreed to stopped planned sales of its cheap version of Millennium Pharmaceuticals anti-cancer medication Velcade in Australia as part of a settlement of its lawsuit alleging two patents covering the drug were invalid.
HWL Ebsworth is keeping its offices open and requiring lawyers and staff to work at their desks despite updated government health advice, a decision that exposes the law firm to potential liability for workplace health and safety breaches, an employment expert says.
The Australian Olympic Committee has taken a local microbrewery to court for allegedly violating its intellectual property by featuring the AOC coat of arms on its products and packaging without permission.
A judge has criticised the parties in a land sale dispute over Sydney's Parklea Markets for failing to make progress to bring the case to a close, almost three months after a $4.25 million judgment was awarded to a company owned by local retail personality Con Constantine.
Australian swimwear retailer Tigerlily has filed for voluntary administration, citing unfavourable conditions for retailers as the coronavirus pandemic shutters all but non-essential services in major states.