A judge on Wednesday issued his reasons for refusing a bid by a former Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer to move scheduled mediation of the case out of Sydney, and he didn’t pull any punches.
Australian biotech company Holista Colltech has resolved litigation over ASX announcements that said it was collaborating with a Nobel Prize nominee to file a patent for the world’s first low-GI sugar.
CSIRO has won a challenge to an application for a mining patent filed by mining giant Rio Tinto, with an IP Australia delegate finding no patentable subject matter could be claimed.
Reckitt Benckiser Australia has lost a bid for an interim ban on a commercial by rival Procter & Gamble that claims Fairy Platinum dishwashing detergent is better than RBA’s Finish Quantum detergent, with a judge ruling the scientific evidence backs up the claim.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has filed a shareholder class action against GetSwift alleging it provided inadequate disclosures and misled investors with its overhyped announcements about business contracts, one month after Squire Patton Boggs brought a similar suit.
The Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to pay $12.58 million to settle a consumer class action brought on behalf of purchasers of its financial products.
Residents and property owners whose homes were damaged or destroyed after a bushfire in Tathra, NSW — believed to have been sparked by an Essential Energy power line — are being invited to join a potential class action by Slater and Gordon.
Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its shareholder class action against GetSwift to include claims over statements the logistics software company made to shareholders regarding high-volume enterprise contracts.
Sending an email of advice to third parties does not necessarily constitute waiver of legal professional privilege, a Federal Court judge has ruled, siding with the University of Sydney in an intellectual property dispute with ObjectiVision.
DibbsBarker is closing its doors after signing a deal that will see 17 partners and support staff move to Dentons, the world’s largest firm.