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Zip Co crushes Flexigroup’s ‘No Interest’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2020-10-09 10:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fintech Zip Co has successfully opposed rival Flexigroup’s attempt to trade mark ‘No Interest Ever!’, in the latest trade mark battle between buy now, pay […]

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ASIC drops investigation into company that filed $10M defamation lawsuit
Financial Services 2020-10-07 5:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its investigation into trading firm Select Vantage, which brought an unsuccessful $10 million defamation suit against the […]

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ANZ to pay $10M for unconscionable conduct in charging illegal bank fees
Financial Services 2020-10-02 3:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has ordered Australia and New Zealand Banking Group to pay $10 million in penalties after finding that the bank engaged in unconscionable conduct […]

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Full Court trashes ACCC appeal over Woolworths ‘eco’ picnic products
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-09-29 7:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has lost its appeal of a ruling that found Woolworths’ environmental claims for its ‘Select Eco’ line of compostable […]

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Herbert Smith Freehills underpaid some lawyers more than $20,000
Business of Law 2020-09-25 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Herbert Smith Freehills has discovered it underpaid a number of its graduate lawyers, with some in the Big Six firm’s graduate ranks owed more than […]

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Nationwide, Devine settle defamation case over Quaden Bayles tweets
Defamation 2020-09-25 11:16 am By Miklos Bolza

Nationwide News and journalist Miranda Devine have agreed to pay a “not insubstantial” sum to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by nine-year old Quaden Bayles […]

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Qantas underpaying staff by ‘setting off’ JobKeeper payments, court finds
Employment 2020-09-24 6:47 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has provided clarification as to how the Morrison government’s JobKeeper scheme operates, in a ruling against Qantas Airways that found the airline […]

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Judge shuts down Boehringer challenge to Merck Sharp & Dohme parasite patent
Intellectual Property 2020-09-24 1:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has failed in its Federal Court challenge to a patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock by a subsidiary […]

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Clive Palmer can’t get law firm, funder docs for possible Queensland Nickel claim
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-09-23 4:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Queensland Supreme Court has shot down an “entirely speculative” bid by two Clive Palmer-owned companies to access information held by two law firms and […]

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Mayfair’s Mawhinney hires Ashurst after lengthy ASIC submission
Financial Services 2020-09-23 11:34 am By Miklos Bolza

The director of the beleaguered Mayfair investment group, who has been self-represented in winding up proceedings by ASIC, has now entered into a late stage […]

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