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Kmart settles Jellycat lawsuit over knockoff ‘Bashful Bunny’
Kmart Australia has resolved a case brought by UK-based Jellycat that accused the retailer of selling knockoffs of the plush toy designer's signature 'Bashful Bunny'.
Receivers get court OK to sell Melissa Caddick’s Dover Heights mansion
A judge has allowed receivers to sell the Dover Heights mansion of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick without any distribution of proceeds, saying the sale “should take place post-haste”.
ASIC loses bid for early punishment against Select AFSL
A judge has shot down ASIC's bid for declarations against life insurer Select AFSL before a penalty hearing after finding that the insurer acted unconscionably when selling insurance over the phone.
PwC partners knew of unlawful dividend payment to Cornerstone director, court told
PwC partners are facing "very serious" allegations that they had actual knowledge that a $30 million dividend payment to the director of now defunct tertiary education provider Cornerstone was unlawful.
New competition class actions in the works against Apple, Google
Another law firm is planning competition class actions against Apple and Google over their app stores, just over a month after Phi Finney McDonald filed group proceedings against the tech giants, setting up a beauty parade that adds a wrinkle to similar cases brought by Epic Games.
Pitcher Partners looks to shut down $128M Twigg family lawsuit
Accounting firm Pitcher Partners wants to shut down a lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging it helped race car driver Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.
Kupang Resources takes battle for director’s tax docs to High Court
Mining company Kupang Resources has asked the High Court to weigh in on its bid for tax office documents as it litigates to recoup millions of dollars allegedly embezzled by the company's former shadow director.
Class action judge to hear academic’s bid to strike out a strike-out application
The federal government wants to shut down an underpayments class action brought on behalf of postgraduate research candidates at universities across Australia, but the Federal Court has reluctantly agreed to first entertain the self-represented applicant's bid to strike out the strike-out application.
Class action filed over strip searches at NSW music festivals
The state of NSW faces a class action over police strip searches at music festivals that is calling for aggravated and exemplary damages for the "invasive and unlawful" treatment of hundreds of festivalgoers.
Family who forged will of ‘worst landlord’ still at loggerheads over properties
A judge has flagged the “regrettable” prospect of further litigation in relation the estate of  Melbourne businessman Frank Cassar, following a finding that Cassar’s will was forged in a conspiracy by his widow, daughter and son who feared losing his multimillion-dollar business empire after his death.