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AFP won’t lay charges against News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst
The Australian Federal Police has dropped its investigation of journalist Annika Smethurst over a series of News Corp articles that allegedly disclosed national security information, a decision applauded by the Law Council of Australia.
Mantle Group may face underpayments class action
Brisbane-based Mantle Group has become the latest hospitality company to face a possible class action for allegedly failing to pay staff for all the hours they worked.
Spain hit with lawsuit seeking to enforce $128M arbitration award
Spain has been hit with a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $128 million arbitration award in a dispute over the country's alternative energy investment policies, the fifth such lawsuit brought against the country in Australia.
‘Threat of a heavy sanction’: Shareholder slams opt-out notice in AMP class action
A proposed notice to eligible group members in Maurice Blackburn's class action against AMP over its fees for no services scandal threatened to bar unregistered shareholders from any settlement stemming from mediation in the case, a threat barred by a recent ruling finding that courts have no power to close class actions to signed up group members, an appeals court has heard.
IP Australia shoots down Intuit’s computer software patent
IP Australia has rejected a patent application by financial software firm Intuit, finding that its invention was not a manner of manufacture and contained "nothing of substance" from which patentable claims could be found.
IOOF follow-on shareholder class action flops
Eight months after defeating a case brought by the prudential regulator alleging breaches of superannuation laws, wealth manager IOOF has escaped a class action without paying a cent to shareholders.
Essential Energy loses bid to block preliminary discovery for potential class action
Essential Energy has lost its appeal of a ruling granting preliminary discovery for a potential class action over the 2018 Tathra bushfire in New South Wales.
Client poaching allegations fly in Monsanto class actions
A judge has rejected concerns about client poaching raised by the law firms involved in competing class actions against chemical giant Monsanto.
Judge was wrong to find breach worker didn’t allege, court hears
Heiko Constructions has won approval to appeal a ruling from Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta that found the company committed a breach of the Fair Work Act that was not pleaded by the former employee who brought the case.
Boral prevails in costly cement supply stoush with Wagners
Boral has successfully defended a lawsuit brought by a subsidiary of building products supplier Wagners, which previously estimated it would take a $10 million financial hit for suspending a cement supply contract with the construction giant.