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Investors in the failed Gold Coast finance group Octaviar are challenging a decision throwing out their class action, which alleged the Public Trustee of Queensland deserved some of the blame for their massive losses.
The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by the CFMMEU claiming the times before and after work shifts counted as "breaks" in which it could meet with union members at a BHP Billiton mining site.
The judge overseeing the lawsuit between Kraft and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights has denied a request by non-party Mondelez to implement a restrictive regime to protect its trade secrets in certain transaction documents it has produced in the case.
The law firm leading a consumer class action against Ford wants a court order barring the car giant from communicating with the class about their individual claims and wants to know which, if any, group members it's already spoken to.
IP Australia has revoked four innovation gaming patents held by Aristocrat Technologies related to the use of configurable symbols in a game, saying the inventions didn't amount to anything other than games and game rules.
The judge overseeing a class action against dam operators Seqwater and Sunwater and the state of Queensland over the 2011 Queensland floods has thrown out part of an engineer's risk assessment report on the dams submitted by Seqwater, as the marathon trial nears the end of its sixth month.
The judge overseeing seven class actions against S&P Global Ratings over toxic financial products has appointed a barrister to advise him on whether to approve a confidential global settlement, which would give funder Litigation Capital Partners about half the payout.
The Corner Hotel in Melbourne is suing McDonald's, claiming a new hipster cafe that serves as a testing lab for the fast food giant violates its trade mark.
Media monitoring company Streem has been granted interim relief in its dispute with the Copyright Agency Limited over the terms of an agreement to sublicence news content from leading publishers, including News Corp, Fairfax Media, and Bauer Media.
National wholesale butcher Top Cut Foods has been ordered to pay almost $585,000 after a judge found its negligence led to a workplace assault which gave one of its employees PTSD.