The University of Sydney has appealed a judgment finding it unlawfully terminated a political economy lecturer for showing students a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag.
A unit of beverage giant Bickford’s has taken Spanish-Australian chef Miguel Maestre to court for allegedly infringing its trade mark by selling beer under the ‘El Toro Loco’ brand.
A judge has found Shenzhen-based based radio manufacturer Hytera engaged in “substantial industrial theft” by appropriating Motorola’s source code for its digital mobile radios and should be on the hook for additional damages for “flagrantly” infringing Motorola’s copyright.
Retail Food Group has agreed to a settlement worth $10 million in ACCC proceedings alleging the franchise giant misled purchasers of loss-making stores about the viability of its stores.
Epic Games is facing a class action investigation for allegedly failing to warn parents about the addictive nature of its popular battle royale game Fortnite.
The state of Western Australia has been left with a $2 million legal bill for defending a defamation action by billionaire Clive Palmer and advancing cross-claims on behalf of premier Mark McGowan, which a judge blasted as “a futile exercise”.
Insider trading charges against former Vocus chairman Vaughan Bowen have been discharged, fifteen months after they were brought.
Law firm Holding Redlich has been sued by the NSW Labor Party for allegedly providing negligent advice on $100,000 in illegal political donations delivered in an Aldi bag and the ICAC investigation that followed, setting the party back $1.8 million in legal costs.
The decision by Crikey to republish an article at the centre of a defamation case by Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch is the focus of the media mogul’s proposed new pleadings and its application to join Private Media chairman Eric Beecher and CEO Will Hayward.
A lawyer who was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to pay $23,000 in fees to senior counsel has won a bid to access a report relating to the silk’s health on appeal.