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Money transfer business directors face jail in first criminal cartel sentencing of individuals
The directors of two money transfer businesses will be the first individuals to be sentenced for criminal cartel offences after pleading guilty Thursday to charges over the fixing of foreign exchange rates.
Reckitt-Benckiser asks High Court to overturn decision on Maxigesic ads
Consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser is seeking special leave from the High Court to challenge a Full Court judgment that overturned a finding that AFT Pharmaceuticals ads' for its painkiller Maxigesic were misleading.
High Court asked to weigh in on patentability of computer-implemented inventions
Plumbing company Repipe has asked the High Court to take up its case centred on the controversial issue of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, seeking to overturn a judgment it argues sets a new and impermissible test.
Uber loses bad faith case, can’t block medical app’s ‘Uberdoc’ trade mark
Rideshare giant Uber has lost its bid to prevent a Queensland-based healthcare app from registering its ‘Uberdoc’ trademark despite a "high degree of similarity" to a suite of Uber trade marks.
Christian Porter, silk win stay of $430,000 legal bill in feud with accuser’s friend
Former Attorney-General Christian Porter and senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou have met with partial success in an eleventh hour bid to halt an order for payment of a $430,000 bill in a court battle with a friend of Porter's rape accuser.
Allens snags corporate tax specialist from PWC
Allens has lured leading M&A tax lawyer Ellen Thomas from PricewaterhouseCoopers to strengthen the Big Six firm's expertise in mergers and acquisitions and finance transactions.
Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of Afghan man, court told as trial resumes
Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, ordered the shooting of an Afghani man during an Easter Sunday patrol, a court has heard.
Combustible cladding class action in doubt as insurer Vero denies coverage
A class action against failed Fairview Architectural over alleged combustible cladding hangs in the balance as a court sets the stage for a fight with insurer Vero over a $190 million policy.
In class action defence, Tyro says businesses should have accepted cash during EFTPOS outage
Fintech Tyro has hit back at a class action brought on behalf of retailers who were unable to process payments because of a days-long terminal outage, arguing they should have accepted cash while their EFTPOS machines were down.
Ugg owner wins IP case against Aussie shoe retailer
The maker of Ugg footwear has successfully opposed an application by an Australian shoe seller to register a trade mark containing the word 'ugg', but a delegate has warned the company it does not have an exclusive right to the descriptive word.