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Optus ‘Boost’ promotions halted as Boost Tel lawsuit plays out
Telecommunications giant Singtel Optus has been barred from promoting various products using the word ‘boost’ until an intellectual property suit brought by Boost Mobile is resolved.
Kanye West hit with burger shop’s costs after lawsuit thrown out
Kanye West, now known as Ye, has been ordered to foot the legal bill of a small Melbourne restaurant he sued, after the lawsuit was thrown out due to the artist's failure to meet a deadline for filing evidence.
Facebook to cop penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ data protection app
Facebook will face a penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's case alleging it misled consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private.
High Court revokes special leave in Facebook’s challenge to data breach case
The High Court has revoked special leave to Facebook to challenge a case by the privacy commissioner, finding that the social media giant's grounds of appeal no longer involved issues of public importance.
Firm’s contingency fee re-do wins over judge in class actions against banks
A law firm has won its second bid for a group costs order in three class actions against banks over flexible commission schemes after a judge in 2021 rejected what was then the first-ever application for a contingency fee.
Wotton + Kearney hires class action expert from King & Wood Mallesons
Insurance specialist firm Wotton + Kearney has hired a lawyer from King & Wood Mallesons with class action expertise to bolster its litigation defence offering.
‘It should not happen’: AAT panned for verbatim copying of winning side’s arguments
A decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal that reproduced almost entirely verbatim and without attribution the submissions of the prevailing party as its own reasons damages the public's trust in the AAT and must be overturned, a court has ruled.
Boost Mobile sues Optus for ‘flagrant’ trade mark infringement
Boost Mobile has sued telecommunications giant Singtel Optus, alleging it “misappropriated” its goodwill by marketing services under a similar product name after Boost chose to move its mobile network to Telstra.
Star drops trade mark suit against Momento Hospitality over new hotel
Casino operator Star Entertainment has settled a lawsuit against Momento Hospitality and CEO Marcello Colosimo over the name of their latest western Sydney pub, registered as The Star Hotel.
Class action can’t get cladding sales figures from 3A Composites’ supplier
A class action by property owners against the manufacturer and supplier of alleged combustible cladding has lost a bid for sales figures to estimate the value of their claims as the parties head into settlement negotiations next month.