Lendlease has defeated a challenge to its ‘Civil & Civic’ trade mark despite lack of use, successfully arguing it retained a residual reputation in the name under which it built the Sydney Opera House podium.
With evidence finally in after six years, Lendlease has asked a court to reject a portion of a shareholder class action’s expert reply evidence, arguing it unfairly introduces a new and unforeseen loss methodology.
Carpet supplier Godfrey Hirst wants more discovery to back up its claims that a competitor’s distressed business bounced back after its former general counsel — allegedly aided in part by Piper Alderman — jumped ship along with a senior manager, taking “thousands” of documents.
Private equity firm Goldstone has lost its bid to lodge an appeal before damages are determined, after a judge found it invalidly terminated its managing director’s employment for standing in the way of a deal with her business partner’s son.
BHP has pushed back on reply submissions in a shareholder class action which the energy company says mistakenly interpret an internal report as putting the risk of collapse of BHP’s wastewater dam in Brazil at 25 to 50 per cent.
A judge has slammed a Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer partner’s submission that it is not good practice to subpoena witnesses in complex litigation — saying this was “news to [her]” — and rejected client AMP’s bid to have a key witness testify from an Airbnb.
JB Hi-Fi wants an advance ruling in a class action on the period of cover provided to customers for breach of statutory guarantees under the consumer law, a question that has never been addressed by the courts.
Casino operator Crown has agreed to pay $73 million over two years to settle a shareholder class action accusing it of lax money laundering compliance, with solicitors set to take home $20 million.
Ashurst has advised renewable energy company AMPYR Australia on a novel equity partnership and participation model with the Aboriginal community for a battery energy storage system in NSW’s Central Western Slops region.
Private equity firm Goldstone has cited an “irretrievable breakdown” in the relationship between shareholders in seeking to appeal a ruling that found it liable for oppression.