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A Canberra solicitor has won his challenge to disciplinary action over a settlement that included a $3.5 million benefit for his law firm in return for mothballing a potential overcharging class action against another firm.
A judge has ordered a foreign investor in rare earths miner Northern Minerals to pay pecuniary penalties after it failed to comply with divestment orders, in the first case brought over alleged breaches of foreign investment laws.
Apple has succeeded in registering its designs for a battery and virtual reality headset cushion, with an IP Australia delegate finding the designs are new and distinctive.
A tribunal has found that Southern Cross University did not discriminate against a former employee by requesting medical evidence before providing him with an ergonomic chair during the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Fair Work Commission has found that a software company did not unfairly dismiss an employee over his non-compliance with a directive to return to the office, saying that a remote work clause in his employment contract was conditional.
A court has slapped Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial with a $14 million penalty for “serious and unlawful misconduct”, including making misleading statements about the product and providing financial advice without a license.
V2food, the CSIRO-backed start-up behind Hungry Jack's plant-based 'Rebel Whopper', has lost its bid to patent a product that changes colour when cooked in order to imitate the “meat experience”.
A tribunal has found Deloitte’s cost-benefit analysis on new energy efficiency standards is protected from disclosure under Freedom of Information laws because it contains trade secrets.
A former BHP Coal employee has lost his unfair dismissal case, with the Fair Work Commission finding his conduct in throwing a mug and threatening a co-worker was a valid reason for dismissal.
The declaration of Melbourne’s CBD as a location permitting random searches was “incompatible with human rights”, a judge found Friday, although she tossed a related constitutional challenge.