Telecom giant Optus has been hit with a $25,000 criminal fine after pleading guilty to four charges of failing to disclose political donations in its development applications.
The Commonwealth Bank has been hit with a lawsuit by a former general manager who claims his retrenchment in 2013 violated the whistleblower protections under the Corporations Act.
Melbourne-based pub and music venue The Corner Hotel has filed a trade mark lawsuit against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland, as it continues to do battle with McDonald’s for allegedly infringing its “Corner” trade marks.
The US International Trade Commission has opened an investigation into alleged patent infringement by solar companies JinkoSolar, LONGi Solar and REC Group, after Korean solar company Hanwha Q CELLS filed two related proceedings in Australian court alleging the companies are infringing its solar technology.
A judge has scheduled a two-day hearing to hear a dispute between investment group Caason Investments, a lead applicant in a shareholder class action against defunct laser technology company Arasor that settled last year for $19.25 million, and Singapore-based litigation funder International Litigation Partners over personal costs allegedly owed to the investment group under a “secret” side agreement.
The Federal Parliament has passed laws that impose stricter penalties on company directors that try to shirk their duty to pay employee entitlements during an insolvency.
Social media companies will face criminal penalties for failing to promptly remove live-streaming of violent content under a harsh new law that whisked through the Federal Parliament in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, but the world-first law has been slammed by Australia’s peak legal body.
Maurice Blackburn is investigating a possible shareholder class action against construction company Lendlease over allegedly inadequate disclosures relating to its engineering and services business, which includes the NorthConnex tunnel road project in Sydney.
An insolvent mobile ticketing company wants a slew of documents from HWL Ebsworth related to its allegations that an HWL partner aided its former directors in diverting the proceeds of a life insurance policy to pay money owed to the firm.
A judge has allowed the filing of a last-minute affidavit by the general manager of waste disposal company Aussie Skips in a case brought by a local Sydney council, after lawyers for the company initially tried to spare the “very emotional” boss a cross examination.