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Super Retail gets second chance to black out terms of settlement with top execs
Super Retail Group can bring an appeal in its fight to suppress parts of a settlement two executives allege they reached after they were fired.
Super Retail hit with second Fair Work case in Federal Court
Super Retail faces a second Federal Court case by a former senior female executive, after conciliation proceedings in the Fair Work Commission failed to resolve the complaint.
Super Retail appeal to have ‘significant impact’ on settlements, court told
Super Retail's appeal of a decision refusing to suppress the terms of an alleged settlement with its former top lawyer raises important questions about without prejudice negotiations, a court has heard.
Mastercard takes swipe at use of Reserve Bank statistics in ACCC’s case
Mastercard is fighting an evidentiary win for the competition watchdog in a case alleging the payments giant misused its market power in deals with major retailers.
Aussie Skips dumps appeal of penalty in waste cartel case
Waste company Aussie Skips and its boss have binned their appeal of a multimillion dollar penalty for a price-fixing plot with rival Bingo Industries.
Second class action against Quintis wants settlement half to cover legal costs
Citing the significant time and costs invested in the litigation, the applicant in the second filed class action over the collapse of Quintis wants his half of a $4.37 million settlement with the sandalwood producer to fund ongoing costs in what remains of the case.
BlueScope says it ‘went close to the line’, but did not breach cartel laws
BlueScope Steel is seeking to overturn a record $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted price-fixing with flat steel distributors, telling an appeals court that it was simply trying to make its competitors understand “it was in their interests to price differently”. 
Quintis class action settlement sum revealed, rival funder wants piece
A $13.5 million settlement has been reached in a Gadens-led class action against former Quintis director Frank Wilson, and the funder of a rival class action is preparing to seek a chunk of the sum in what a judge has called a “most unusual circumstance”.
Class action against Quintis founder settles, but law firm fight looms over ‘parasitic’ claim
A Gadens-led class action against former Quintis director Frank Wilson has settled, but a second class action filed by a rival firm has flagged a potential claim on the settlement funds over a cause of action said to have been “picked up parasitically”. 
Full Court revives defamation case over A Current Affair episode
The Full Federal Court has revived an out-of-time defamation case over an episode of A Current Affair, finding that it would not have been reasonable to file the proceedings within a year given the “spectre of criminal proceedings” against Queensland man Geoffrey Landrey.