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Aristocrat Leisure and its mobile gaming units Big Fish Games and Product Madness have been hit with a consumer class action, after a US class action alleging Big Fish apps constituted illegal gambling settled for US$155 million.
A Sanofi unit has lost its bid for more time to file a divisional application in relation to a hemophilia treatment, with an IP Australia delegate finding that a US lawyer's mistaken belief about Australian patent law did not explain the company’s failure to make the application in time.
Four current and former Linchpin Capital directors have been disqualified from heading up companies and hit with a combined $390,000 in penalties, after a judge found they improperly used their positions as directors to line their own pockets.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has brought proceedings against three United Petroleum-branded outlets in Tasmania and South Australia, alleging they underpaid migrant workers by more than $26,000.
The Star is challenging a finding from the commissioner of taxation that the casino giant owes $5.3 million on payments made to junket operators, arguing the payments were not 'payments for operating or promoting a junket'.
New Zealand construction giant Fletcher Building has hit back at a shareholder class action over allegedly misleading forecasts for the 2017 financial year, saying some of the claims under New Zealand law were brought out of time.
A class action boutique has filed proceedings against Toyota's finance arm over car loans that allegedly encouraged dealers to set high interest rates in exchange for large kickbacks.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost its bid to pursue a disciplinary case against former Grant Thornton director Bradley Taylor over his 2018 audit of fintech firm iSignThis while criminal proceedings are ongoing.
A judge has cut law firm Levitt Robinson’s costs in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo, finding the solicitors were “seriously derelict” in serving their evidence on loss and ran up over $1 million in avoidable costs.
Apple is facing a new class action on behalf of iPhone 6 and 7 users whose phones were 'throttled', or slowed down, due to updates the Silicon Valley company made to its iOS operating system, which were aimed at conserving battery life.