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News Corp. says Google needs to be broken up to check ‘unparalleled power’
News Corp has called on the ACCC to break up Google, saying the "very serious" step was needed to prevent the search giant from abusing its market power.
Clive Palmer’s wife can’t dodge liquidators’ grilling over Mineralogy’s assets
Liquidators for the failed Queensland Nickel will be able to interrogate Clive Palmer's wife over the assets of her husband's other company, Mineralogy, after telling a court they feared Palmer was squandering company funds on his political campaign.
Catch settles trade mark lawsuit over ‘Catch of the week’ promotions
E-retailer Catch Group has resolved a trade mark lawsuit it lobbed against a popular online classified ads provider over its "Catch of the week" and "Catch of the month" deals.
Jones Day nabs BHP’s top litigator for Melbourne office
Jones Day has bolstered its global disputes practice in Melbourne, bringing on experienced international dispute resolution lawyer Leah Ratcliff from BHP.
Telstra accuses green energy company of infringing ‘Belong’ trade mark
Telecommunications giant Telstra has taken a Victoria-based green energy company to court, alleging infringement of its trade mark for broadband subsidiary Belong.
Black & White Cabs loses injunction bid in misuse of market power case
National taxi company Black & White Cabs has failed in its bid for a court-ordered injunction forcing Regent Taxis to supply booking and dispatch services to its Gold Coast fleet while the cab companies litigate a case alleging Regent is abusing its market dominance in the region.
Liquidator loses appeal to block evidence as ATO aims at 10 year ban
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge by Veritas Advisory principal liquidator David Iannuzzi to the admissibility of evidence submitted by the Australian Taxation Office in the agency's case seeking compensation and a 10-year ban.
Commonwealth Bank wants to shut down one of two rival class actions
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a bid to stay a shareholder class action brought by boutique law firm Phi Finney McDonald after the firm retreated from a plan to consolidate its case with a competing class action run by rival Maurice Blackburn.
ASIC slams banks for ‘unreasonable’ delays in fees-for-no-service reviews
Most of the country's major financial institutions have still not conducted a systemic review of their fees-for-no-service failures, according to ASIC, which called the delays "unreasonable".
Bellamy’s keeps up fight for cost capping in joint class actions
Baby food maker Bellamy's is not giving up its fight to limit the costs of two shareholder class actions against the company, lodging an appeal of a ruling that shut down its cost-capping bid as premature.