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The Full Federal Court expressed doubts Tuesday about an "unusual" and "heavy handed" order restraining lawyers leading the stayed class actions against GetSwift from advising their clients about whether to opt out of the prevailing action.
The judge overseeing the GetSwift class action proceedings was bent on picking a winner from the outset and should be removed from the case for rehearing, a barrister for one of the losing law firms told the Full Federal Court Monday.
Unlockd says its close to finalising litigation funding to pursue its competition case against Google, but the September trial date has been pushed back as the search engine demands a show of proof that the failed startup can pay up if the case goes Google's way.
Three senior Federal Court judges will hear arguments Monday and Tuesday in a closely-watched appeal of a ruling that stayed two of three competing shareholder class actions against GetSwift as an abuse of process, and the impact of the Full Court's ruling will be felt for a long time to come. Here are five major issues the court will be wrestling with over the next two days.
Law firm Squire Patton Boggs is again on the losing end of a ruling by the judge presiding over a shareholder class action against GetSwift, a case now better known for infighting among lawyers than for the allegations levelled against the tech startup.
Aristocrat Technologies is pushing on with its bid for four innovation gaming patents, after a delegate for IP Australia revoked the patents because they amounted to nothing more than 'games and game rules'.
A judge has dismissed a bid by Australian auto electronics company Directed OE for an injunction stopping South Korean rival Hanhwa from supplying a new audio visual unit to truck company Izuzu it claims was developed using confidential information.
The ACCC is working on a court enforceable undertaking with Apple's Australian unit after it reached a $9 million settlement with Apple Inc. over allegations the company's iPhone and iPad repair policies violated the Australian Consumer Law, a Federal Court judge said Wednesday.
Google has been fined a record $6.8 billion by the European Union's antitrust watchdog for imposing restrictions on its Android operating system to maintain its search engine dominance.
In a judgment signing off on Apple's $9 million settlement with the ACCC over the tech giant's repair policies, a Federal Court judge has said the case is a "paradigm example" of the problem with how penalties are assessed under the Australian Consumer Law.