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The Federal Court has dismissed an application by tax lawyer Michael Binetter and his wife Suzanne Binetter to dip into over $3 million in frozen assets to fund a case over an alleged $120 million international tax evasion scheme.
A three-day hearing starts Wednesday in a challenge by marketing technology startup Rokt to an IP Australia decision that rejected its patent application, a closely-watched case that could move the dial on the patentability of software.
The judge overseeing the administration of Provident Capital has invited debenture holders to object to the company's receivers staying on after their firm completes its merger with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Provident's former auditor which has also been named as a cross-defendant in two class actions over Provident’s collapse.
Industrial filter manufacturer Vokes has lost its fight to correct a 17-year-old error that removed it as the registered owner of six trade marks, with the Full Federal Court ruling Monday that the Registrar did not have the power to fix the mistake of her own initiative.
A Sydney lawyer accused in a class action of conspiring with notorious conman Peter Foster in a fraudulent sports betting scheme that left investors $29 million out of pocket was taken in by Foster's "psychological brilliance", her barrister told a court Thursday.
The judge overseeing a massive class action against Ford over its PowerShift transmission has vacated the trial date, blaming the lead applicant's numerous "procedural failures".
The former head of Australian mining company Kimberley Diamonds has been acquitted of charges that he signed off on market statements that assumed luxury retailer Tiffany & Co would pay higher prices for the company's rare yellow diamonds.
The Full Federal Court has upheld most of a ruling that found LG did not engage in misleading or deceptive conduct by failing to inform purchasers of faulty televisions of the remedies available to them under the Australian Consumer Law.
The first personal fine against a union official has been handed down in the wake of the High Court's ruling that courts can order union officials to pay out of their own pockets for violating the Fair Work Act.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a ruling in a case alleging drug giant Pfizer misused its market power ahead of the expiration of its patent for Lipitor.