Industries

A judge hearing a lawsuit against Target and Kmart over alleged knockoffs of Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery has warned the parties against wasting the court's time. 

ANZ has failed in its fight over insurance coverage for two class actions for which it paid settlements totalling $117 million, with a judge finding the costs were not losses under the policies at issue.

A court has rejected an objection by J&J to a registration notice in a class action over cold medication that flags the applicant’s opposition to soft class closure.

A judge has said he has no issues with a $55 million settlement resolving a union’s underpayments class action against grocery chain Aldi for workers who were allegedly denied pay for pre- and post-shift work.

Former Today host Karl Stefanovic has reached a settlement in a dispute with his former business partner, with Stefanovic buying out her stake in their podcast business for an undisclosed amount.

A developer facing a class action from homeowners who claim their properties are sinking has dragged engineering firms Simmonds and Hunter Geotechincal Services into the case.

Insurer Holland has been hit with a $2 million penalty over claim delays which ASIC argued warranted a $30 million penalty, the first civil penalty against an insurer for breaching its duty of good faith.

An appeals court has ruled that Heran Group's York Property can call on $6.4 million in bank guarantees in its dispute with builder Tomkins, which alleges that a $17.5 million payment certificate issued under a contract to build a 119-Gold Coast residential tower was not authorised.

The defunct developer behind the planned Pentridge Village project in Melbourne can't defer costs in failed proceedings against the project's financiers, despite a foreshadowed new suit against them. 

AI data centre operator Firmus has scrapped its plans for an initial public offering that valued the company at over $44 billion.