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BMW Australia plans to challenge the NSW Supreme Court's power to create a common fund order spanning six class actions brought against major players in the automotive industry over defective and dangerous Takata air bags.
Aussie swimwear company Seafolly Pty Ltd and global logistics company Seko have agreed to settle their dispute over a shipping agreement that went south.
Macquarie Group has defended its remuneration package for financial advisers in its private wealth unit, denying claims it paid them entirely in commissions and unlawfully withheld regular wages.
Six major car companies indicated Tuesday they were open to a quick settlement of class actions brought on behalf of potentially hundreds of thousands of Australian drivers whose cars were fitted with defective and deadly Takata airbags.
A judge refused Tuesday to step down from two cases brought by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank seeking to claw back loans from group members in a settled class action over Great Southern Group's managed investment schemes, saying no apprehension of bias could arise.
Building products maker Caesarstone can register two trade marks despite their deceptive similarity to a mark by ceramic tile maker Ceramiche Caesar, a judge has ruled, after finding Caesarstone had shown honest concurrent use of the marks.
The CFMMEU must force "systemic behavioural change" on its construction division, a majority Full Federal Court said Tuesday in upholding a fine of $306,000 for workplace breaches against the union and raising the spectre of deregistration.
Two group members of a resolved class action over managed investment schemes operated by agribusiness Great Southern Group are bound by the settlement deed to repay loans they took out with the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, despite the severe constraints the settlement placed on individual defences, a judge has ruled.
When it comes to bet-the-company matters that keep corporate counsel awake at night, intellectual property disputes often rank at the top of the list. And these eight law firms are the ones companies turned to the most last year when facing a courtroom battle over their IP.
US lingerie company Victoria's Secret has brought a lawsuit over the sale of knockoff products that mimic the get-up of its trade marked body care products, ahead of the much-anticipated launch of its first store in Australia.