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A landmark ruling granting fintech Rokt's application for a software patent has come under attack before the Full Federal Court, with the judges expressing skepticism about the invention's patentability.
Engineering services company CIMIC has agreed to settle a long-running shareholder class action launched in the wake of media reports of an alleged $42 million bribe paid by the firm to win a lucrative oil contract.
The High Court will not hear an appeal by the ABC and Nine seeking to revive their truth defence in a defamation lawsuit brought by Chinese businessman Chau Chak Wing.
The Australian liquidator of Lehman Brothers has filed a lawsuit seeking $40 million from Fitch Ratings for assigning too-rosy ratings to toxic financial products sold by the bank, following the discovery of a hidden table in Fitch's rating model by the lawyers leading a now-settled class action against the accounting firm.
An educational service provider owned by national bookstore chain Dymocks has been sued for "flagrant" trade mark infringement by a tech-focused private equity fund.
The ABC and Fairfax have lost their bid to file an amended defence in defamation proceedings brought by Chinese businessman Chau Chak Wing, several months after the Full Federal Court upheld a ruling striking out out the publishers' truth defence.
The High Court has granted a Nigerian agent tricked into terminating his contract with international bank note manufacturer CCL Secure special leave to appeal a Full Federal Court judgment slashing a $65 million award in his favour.
The ABC and Fairfax have lost their appeal seeking to revive a truth defense in a defamation case brought by Chinese businessman Dr Chau Chak Wing over a Four Corners program accusing him of espionage and links to the Chinese Communist Party.
Former Labor MP Emma Husar has settled her defamation case against online media outlet Buzzfeed, following eight months of litigation over an article the ex-politician claimed implied she was a slut and accused her of sexual harassment and bullying.
A group of Indigenous Australians opposed to Adani's Carmichael coal mine in Queensland has lost an appeal of a ruling dismissing a native title case against the $16 billion development.