Appeals
X loses Full Court challenge to eSafety Commissioner infringement notice
An appeals court has thrown out X Corp’s legal challenge to a compliance notice issued by the eSafety Commissioner to corporate predecessor Twitter over child exploitation material monitoring on its platform.
Class Actions
Jetstar claims ‘silver bullet’ against COVID-19 flight credits class action
Jetstar is seeking an initial trial on an issue it claims will be a “silver bullet” against a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tax
Uber win reversed on appeal in fight over $81M in payroll tax
The NSW tax office has succeeded on appeal in its fight with Uber over five years of payroll tax totalling more than $81 million, with an appeals court finding that payments made to drivers are taxable.
Class Actions
Lendlease attacks class action’s ‘back door’ damages case
With evidence finally in after six years, Lendlease has asked a court to reject a portion of a shareholder class action’s expert reply evidence, arguing it unfairly introduces a new and unforeseen loss methodology.
Employment
Reject Shop defeats bid to retroactively redraw class action, in fight worth tens of millions
An employment class action against The Reject Shop can redefine group members and amend its claims, but not with retroactive effect that may have exposed the retailer to a case worth tens of millions of dollars.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Transgrid resolves Melbourne BESS contractor’s $11M case over union dispute
Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me A lawsuit against Transgrid by the winning bidder for a contract to build a substation for the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, which sought $11 million in extra…
Class Actions
Judge sends University of Newcastle back to the drawing board with opt out notice
A judge hearing a class action against the University of Newcastle over engineering degrees that did not provide professional accreditation has refused to sign off on a deficient opt out notice.
Class Actions
Banksia receiver wants release from new case, gets interim injunction
The receiver for failed Banksia Securities wants a release from claims stemming from his role, including a case by investors who lost their life savings only to be duped by the class action team that represented them.
Intellectual Property
Godfrey Hirst wants more discovery in trade secrets case against ex-GC, Piper Alderman
Carpet supplier Godfrey Hirst wants more discovery to back up its claims that a competitor's distressed business bounced back after its former general counsel -- allegedly aided in part by Piper Alderman -- jumped ship along with a senior manager, taking “thousands” of documents.
Intellectual Property
OpenAI wins challenge to trade mark with ‘GPT’ suffix
OpenAI has successfully blocked an Australian company’s bid to trade mark the name of an AI immigration service that uses the suffix 'GPT'.
