A defamation case against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation by Nauru’s Justice Minister David Adeang that was set down for trial in July has been sent to mediation by a busy Federal Court judge, who said he would not be available to hear the trial for another year.
Banks face increased fines for corporate wrongdoing under reforms that also boost the powers of the watchdog amid stunning admissions by financial services firms at the Banking Royal Commission.
AMP’s chief executive Craig Meller has resigned after this week’s shocking revelations that the company misled ASIC over fees charged to customers and may have influenced a Clayton Utz report to the securities regulator.
Calling on the competition chief to “have another look” at AGL’s decision to shutter its Liddell plant, Liberal MP Craig Kelly says the power company’s conduct makes for a clear case under the new misuse of market power provision of Australia’s competition law.Ā
A Federal Court judge has criticised the lack of progress in a major class action brought against Ford Australia, telling the applicantās barrister to āget his act togetherā.
A lawyer for the University of Sydney has attacked ObjectiVision for failing to produce any commercial benefits from the glaucoma detection method at the centre of a patent infringement dispute, despite holding exclusive rights to the technology for 11 years.
A judge has signed off on a multi-million dollar settlement in a class action by retirees who claim they lost $27 million with the collapse of property lender Wickham Securities
Expert witnesses were pitted against each other Wednesday at a trialĀ alleging generic makers infringed a patent covering the anti-depressant Lexapro, and Apotex’ consultant took the brunt of it.
The corporate regulator has confirmed it is investigating AMP over its ‘fees for no service’ practice revealed at the Hayne Royal Commission in stunning testimony Treasurer Scott Morrison on Wednesday called “deeply disturbing”.
A judge has dismissed a second defamation case against Fairfax Media brought by an associate of a murdered Sydney businessman, ruling the plaintiff waived his right to sue again after dropping an earlier suit against the publisher for a $75,000 payout.