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A judge has awarded $43 million to National Australia Bank in its lawsuit against former directors of failed retailer Dick Smith, but threw out claims against company directors brought by HSBC and the retailer's receivers.
The ACCC has cleared Woolworths' planned $552 million acquisition of a 65 per cent stake in wholesale food distributor PFD Food Services without the supermarket giant's proposed undertaking to maintain independence between the company for three years.
A shareholder's attempt to reverse a $3.15 million share acquisition by the managing director of construction giant Consolidated Builders Ltd has been dismissed by a judge, despite finding the case had "a reasonable probability of success".
Kraft has agreed to pay Bega $9.25 million as part of a settlement resolving a long-running battle over peanut butter trade dress rights, after the US consumer goods giant exhausted all its options for appealing a ruling that found Bega had acquired the rights to the trade dress.
Grant Thornton has won approval to a bring a cross-claim against Forge Group, just three months ahead of trial in the collapsed engineering company's case against the accounting firm and ten former directors for their alleged negligence in relation to its "uneconomic" purchase of CTEC in 2012.
Commercial and class action firm Banton Group is investigating a shareholder class action against embattled technology company Nuix in relation to its pre-IPO disclosures which could also ensnare shareholder Macquarie and its executives, auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers and the joint lead managers on its float.
National law firm HWL Ebsworth expelled a former equity partner ahead of its failed initial public offering specifically so he would not participate in the IPO and “others would benefit to a greater extent”, a court has heard.
California-based fitness company Mad Dogg has accused Peloton Interactive of inducing breach of a non-compete through its $US420 million acquisition of commercial gym equipment manufacturer Precor, and has asked a court to block the company from using its 'spinning' trade marks in relation to its interactive exercise bikes.
Non-bank lender Liberty Financial has filed court proceedings seeking to block its manager of treasury from starting a new job at a rival lender for one year.
The ACCC is seeking views on a proposed undertaking by Woolworths aimed at allaying the regulator's concerns about its planned $552 million acquisition of a 65 per cent stake in wholesale food distributor PFD Food Services.