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The former boss of defence shipbuilder Austal, who is facing penalty proceedings by ASIC, has told a court the regulator's case was based on information that fit within a carveout to the ASX listing rules on continuous dislosure to the market.
The failed franchisor behind the Jump Swim Schools brand has been hit with a $23 million penalty for what a Federal Court judge found were "very serious" consumer law contraventions.
Queensland rail operator Aurizon has been sued for breach of contract and "flagrant" copyright infringement for allegedly using software produced by French software giant Dassault without the necessary licence.
A judge has hit solar panel supplier Vic Solar with a $3 million penalty for breaching the consumer law by making misleading representations in thousands of door-to-door sales of solar panels.
The Corner Hotel is taking another stab at cancelling a rival club's 'jazz corner' and 'jazz corner hotel trade marks', after a judge found the marks did not infringe the famed Richmond pub's 'corner' trade marks.
Westpac will recoup the majority of proceeds from the $29.6 million sale of collapsed fintech Sargon Group, with a judge calling the company's liquidators "anxious sellers" who sold at speed and well below market value.
Telstra has failed in its appeal to the High Court to hear its battle with Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over the planned upgrade of its payphone network across Australia.
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by famed Richmond pub The Corner Hotel against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland alleging infringement of its 'corner' trade marks.
Volkswagen has lost its challenge to a landmark $125 million Dieselgate penalty handed down by a judge who lambasted a $75 million fine proposed by the ACCC as "manifestly inadequate", in what ACCC chair Rod Sims told Lawyerly was a “turning point” for the regulator to push for higher fines.
A judge has ordered that defunct Dover Financial Advisors and its former director pay $1.4 million in penalties for creating a misleading client protection policy he described as “an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak.”