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Rival law firms Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald will be allowed to work together without consolidating their separate shareholder class actions against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, after a judge ruled that the bank had overstated the potential for extra costs and delays.
The Federal Court has granted auto giant Ford's request for the costs of an anti-suit injunction it sought in the PowerShift transmission class action that was ultimately unnecessary after the class was denied its bid to access discovery from similar proceedings in the United States.
Streetwear brand Globe International has alleged department store chain Kmart was reasonably aware it was infringing copyright, after internal emails revealed Kmart clothing designers shared links to Globe’s workwear designs before proposing to trial "this more youthful workwear... ASAP”.
Internet service provider Dodo has agreed to refund up to $360,000 to about 16,000 customers after an investigation by the consumer watchdog into potentially misleading marketing claims about video streaming on its National Broadband Network plans.
A NAB-owned trustee is facing a possible class action over $100 million in allegedly excessive fees charged to super fund members.
A settlement has been reached in the second of four St Patrick’s Day bushfire class actions filed by Maddens Lawyers, under which energy distributor PowerCor will be released of any liability and group members will walk away with nothing.
Slater & Gordon has filed a class action against life sciences giant Bayer over allegedly defective contraceptive implants that caused serious side effects, requiring many patients fitted with the devices to have hysterectomies.
Sherwood Chemicals wants to exterminate claims alleging it infringed two patents held by US chemical giant BASF for an underground termite control system, saying the patents were invalid and that any infringement, if it occurred, was innocent.
Prosecutors will oppose a bid by ANZ, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank to cross-examine witnesses at the upcoming committal hearing of the criminal cartel case over ANZ's botched $2.5 billion institutional share placement.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that "theft is theft, no matter the value" as it dismisses the claims of two Virgin Australia baggage handlers who allegedly stole two packets of cigarettes worth less than $50 while loading freight onto a domestic flight.