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ANZ hit with $10M penalty over $18.5B home loan program
ANZ has been hit with a $10 million penalty in a case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging the bank's home loan 'introducer' referral program breached credit laws.
Moccona sues Vittoria for selling instant coffee in a jar
A trade mark stoush between the owners of coffee brands Moccona and Vittoria is “all about whether people think a jar means Moccona", a court has heard.
Ex-Western Bulldogs player sues AFL, club over concussions
Retired Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken has filed a lawsuit against the AFL, his former club and two club doctors over the alleged mismanagement of head injuries he says left him unable to pursue a post-football career.
Facebook to cop penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ data protection app
Facebook will face a penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's case alleging it misled consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private.
Insurer must indemnify church for historic sex abuse claims
Allianz must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar, a judge has found.
Court warns of ‘dangers’ of defamation suits, awards Google reviewer indemnity costs
A judge who tossed a house painter's case over a one-star Google review has awarded partial indemnity costs to the critic and said her order should serve as a lesson about the "catastrophic" costs of defamation cases.
Judge troubled by class action firm’s costs, union’s delay in rival McDonald’s cases
A judge is weighing up a law firm’s high legal costs against a union’s "bizarre" delay in a stoush over who should run a case against McDonald’s alleging 100,000 workers were denied rest breaks. 
TikTok loses trade mark battle with mortgage tech startup Tic:Toc
The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc.
Law firm gets $50,000 bump in costs after breach finding in Romeo’s class actions
The fees of a class action firm found to have breached cost disclosure rules in running two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo's have been adjusted up, after $260,000 was initially cut from the bill by the Federal Court.
Bayer can take another crack at ‘scientific knowledge’ defence in Essure class action
A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giant’s defence that argues any defects in the device could not have been discovered given the state of scientific knowledge at the time the implants were sold in Australia.