Media company The Economist has failed in its opposition to registration of a trade mark for The Beer Economist, with an IP Australia delegate saying the mark was not substantially identical or deceptively similar to the UK publisher’s brand.
Virgin Australia’s insurers may be dragged into a class action accusing the airline of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a $324 million capital raising.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia knew about a âcatastrophicâ code error that caused widespread non-compliance with money laundering rules two years before it was disclosed to the market, a court has been told in a rare shareholder class action trial.
An appeals court has ordered a Perth silk to explain four bills in which entries marked âgetting up’ accounted for over 36 days of work.
A class action on behalf of 3,500 business owners along Sydneyâs light rail route has told a court that group members bore the brunt of the projectâs delayed construction, described as âa train wreck which could be predicted from a mile awayâ.
The Star Entertainment Group has been served with a second shareholder class action over disclosures relating to its anti-money laundering controls, a month after it was slapped with a $100 million fine.
A judge has questioned Nineâs eleventh-hour bid to add allegations of âserious criminal offencesâ against a barrister who sued the media company over its coverage of her custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle.
The outgoing deputy chair for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says Australia âreally needsâ a new unfair practices law, echoing sentiments from the regulatorâs former boss.
Medibank will not pay a ransom to a criminal who stole the data of 9.7 million customers, saying it would encourage extortion.
Fonterra has agreed to shell out $25 million to settle a class action by dairy farmers alleging they were underpaid when Fonterra slashed milk prices and sought a âclawbackâ in 2016.