A judge has rejected Facebook owner Meta’s request to pause a case by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over scam cryptocurrency ads until a private criminal action by mining magnate Andrew Forrest is decided.
A judge has granted wealth manager Ord Minnett’s bid for injunctions preventing a former senior wealth adviser from soliciting its clients.
Qantas has again conceded defeat in the face of opposition by the ACCC, this time bowing out of a joint coordination agreement with China Eastern Airlines.
A judge has dismissed court proceedings brought by the corporate regulator against superannuation trustee Diversa over its alleged failure to oversee a now-banned financial adviser, ruling that the knowledge of downstream entities could not be attributed to Diversa.
A class action investigation has been launched against KFC, which is accused of depriving tens of thousands of workers of ten-minute paid breaks during shifts.
Contracts for difference are again the target of a potential class action against an online broker on behalf of inexperienced investors who allegedly lost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Lender White Oak Commercial Finance will bring a novel claim against insurer Bond & Credit Company alleging it owed a duty of care to disclose an investigation into Greensill when it bought securities from the collapsed financier’s German-based bank.
Monsanto can’t throw out the evidence of an expert for the plaintiff in a class action over its Roundup product who has testified that the company engaged in criminal conduct in trying to bury scientific reports on the popular weed killer’s alleged cancer-causing properties.
The judge overseeing ex-commando Heston Russell’s defamation case against the ABC over reporting of alleged war crimes will be involved in assessing his costs after media reports put his lawyers’ fees at $2 million.
The Indian government has lost its bid to dodge a $111.3 million arbitral award in a dispute with three Mauritian companies that invested in Indian satellites, with a judge finging the country waived its foreign state immunity.