The High Court has rejected a failed auto repair franchiser’s bid to appeal a ruling dismissing its case against Holding Redlich alleging the law firm was negligent in preparing franchisee agreements.
The Australian Government has revealed its “knockout claim” in an international IP dispute, accusing the Royal Canadian Mint of invalidating its own patent for printed coins by distributing the coins prior to the patent being filed.
Sydney’s Liverpool council has reached a proposed settlement with residents who claim their properties were harmed when soil containing asbestos was dumped near nature strips around their properties.
A legal stoush over a “secret” side agreement between the lead applicant in a shareholder class action and a litigation funder has been shut down, with the Full Federal Court on Monday dismissing an appeal by the applicant.
A judge overseeing a securities class action against former directors of failed pharmaceutical company QRxPharma and its legal advisor DibbsBarker has ruled that certain documents, including numerous emails sent by the law firm, are protected by attorney-client privilege.
Apple will pay $9 million to resolve a case by the ACCC alleging the US tech giant’s repair policies were in breach of the Australian Consumer Law, according to a court order Monday.
Powercor Australia has been hit a class action alleging its negligence led to a fire in the Gazette area of South West Victoria, the fourth class action the electrical distribution company faces over the 2018 St Patrick’s Day fires.
NetComm Wireless has settled a suit brought by Corning Optical Communications alleging broadband technology used in the National Broadband Network rollout infringes on an innovation patent.
Shine Lawyers has received unconditional funding from IMF Bentham to bring another class action against the Department of Defence over alleged land contamination near an army base, this time in the Northern Territory.
Squire Patton Boggs, one of the losing law firms in the GetSwift class action beauty contest, has lost again, this time in its fight to have winning firm Phi Finney McDonald pay its legal costs.