Investors in the failed Gold Coast finance group Octaviar are challenging a decision throwing out their class action, which alleged the Public Trustee of Queensland deserved some of the blame for their massive losses.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s high profile case alleging cartel conduct and bid rigging for mining exploration licences in NSW was dismissed by the Federal Court on Friday, but the reasons for dismissal may not be known for another year.
The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by the CFMMEU claiming the times before and after work shifts counted as “breaks” in which it could meet with union members at a BHP Billiton mining site.
Australian drug company Homart Pharmaceuticals has lost an appeal of a ruling that found the packaging of its bio-placenta skin care oil was intentionally and deceptively similar to a rival’s get-up, in breach of the consumer law.
The judge overseeing the lawsuit between Kraft and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights has denied a request by non-party Mondelez to implement a restrictive regime to protect its trade secrets in certain transaction documents it has produced in the case.
The law firm leading a consumer class action against Ford wants a court order barring the car giant from communicating with the class about their individual claims and wants to know which, if any, group members it’s already spoken to.
IP Australia has revoked four innovation gaming patents held by Aristocrat Technologies related to the use of configurable symbols in a game, saying the inventions didn’t amount to anything other than games and game rules.
Biotech giant CSL has lost its challenge to a Fair Work Commission decision that found it unfairly sacked one of its workers deemed too sick to carry on with his duties.
The judge overseeing a class action against dam operators Seqwater and Sunwater and the state of Queensland over the 2011 Queensland floods has thrown out part of an engineer’s risk assessment report on the dams submitted by Seqwater, as the marathon trial nears the end of its sixth month.
The judge overseeing seven class actions against S&P Global Ratings over toxic financial products has appointed a barrister to advise him on whether to approve a confidential global settlement, which would give funder Litigation Capital Partners about half the payout.