A law firm that has gone after major banks and the federal government over their climate exposure has trained its sight on the National Australia Bank.
A three-year court battle over PepsiCo’s Monster Munch trade mark has been resolved, with Monster Energy negotiating the removal of some beverage products that would have been covered by the mark.C
The High Court has agreed to take up a dispute between SkyCity Adelaide and South Australia’s treasurer over the tax treatment of reward points that gamblers convert to gaming chips.
A former Ernst & Young partner has claimed privilege against exposure to penalty and is seeking orders to avoid filing a defence in proceedings by the Australian Taxation Office alleging he promoted tax exploitation schemes.
The Fair Work Commission has found a former PricewaterhouseCoopers director should not have relied solely on a colleague’s text message in deciding to resign while on leave, rejecting her argument that the accounting firm had essentially forced her resignation.
Fortescue has brought legal action against start-up Element Zero and three former employees, alleging “industrial scale misuse” of the Western Australian mining company’s confidential information.
The online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court action seeking to force X to put a worldwide block on graphic footage of the April stabbing of a religious leader at Wakeley, following a judge’s decision not to maintain an injunction against the social media platform.
Drug giant Pfizer has blasted Samsung Bioepis’ “fishing expedition” in its suit alleging infringement of the patent for its blockbuster arthritis drug Enbrel, telling the court the Korean biotech should not be allowed to dig for new grounds of invalidity.
The Australian Energy Regulator has secured a $2.75 million penalty in a case against oil and gas company Santos alleging record-keeping failures in breach of the National Gas Rules.
A class action has argued Medibank cannot claim legal professional privilege over three Deloitte reports after disclosing them to reassure the market and customers after a massive 2022 data breach.