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FWO may tweak Super Retail Group underpayments suit after Woolworths, Coles ruling
Employment 2025-10-29 3:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Fair Work Ombudsman is considering amending its underpayments case against Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group, following a significant ruling in underpayments proceedings against Woolworths and Coles.

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‘Nothing to do with us’: ESSSuper board hits back at $40M class action
Class Actions 2025-10-29 3:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The board administering the ESSSuper fund, which is facing a class action alleging it miscalculated the entitlements of transport shift workers in Victoria, has denied any liability, saying it was not involved in determining how entitlements were calculated.

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WiseTech office raided in probe of Richard White share trades
Investigation 2025-10-28 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

WiseTech’s Sydney office has been raided by federal police and the corporate regulator as part of an investigation into share trading by its billionaire chairman and founder Richard White and three others.

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ASIC, eToro settlement falls through in novel CFD case
ASIC 2025-10-28 11:57 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Trial has kicked off in ASIC’s first-ever design and distribution suit over high-risk contracts for difference, after an in-principle agreement reached with investment company eToro fell through.

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‘You’ve had long enough’: Judge pushes Telechoice class action on after failed talks
Class Actions 2025-10-28 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a class action against TeleChoice has told the parties to be “prepared to spend the money” to advance the case after settlement talks stalled, saying the court is “not going to allow this to drag on”.

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Fortescue fails in push for seized docs from green iron start-up
Intellectual Property 2025-10-28 11:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Fortescue can’t get access to nine million seized documents in its trade secrets spat against green iron start-up Element Zero.

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Janssen sues Juno over patent for schizophrenia drug Invega
Intellectual Property 2025-10-28 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

J&J-owned Janssen Pharmaceutica has sued Juno Pharmaceuticals, alleging the Australian off-patent drug maker is threatening to infringe its patent for a schizophrenia drug by seeking to list its own products on the PBS.

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Judge rejects Goldstone’s recusal bid in boss’s oppression case
Private equity 2025-10-28 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Private equity firm Goldstone has lost its bid to disqualify a judge from a damages hearing after he found it liable for shareholder oppression of its managing director.

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Law firms slug it out for Paladin Energy class action prize
Securities 2025-10-27 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

A contest to run a class action against Paladin Energy played out Monday, with two law firms each positioning themselves as the better bet, one for their funding and resources, the other for their contingency fee rate.

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Microsoft deliberately concealed AI-free 365 plan, ACCC claims
AI 2025-10-27 11:59 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has taken Microsoft to court, alleging the software giant misled 2.7 million customers of its 365 product suite into believing they had to subscribe to its AI assistant Copilot, knowing they were sceptical of the new product.

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