ASIC has filed a lawsuit against shuttered financial adviser Dover Financial and its former director, who famously collapsed during questioning before the Royal Commission, over its client protection policy.
The ACCC has fired a warning shot over false advertising by telecommunications companies, saying it may bring cases against telco executives that knowingly sign off on misleading ads.
On the eve of a hearing into damages, rival pavement engineering companies have resolved a copyright dispute that continued important law on what constitutes infringement of computer software source code.
The consumer regulator asked a court Friday to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by Chinese vitamin giant Nature’s Care Manufacture over Australian-made product labels, saying it had been wrongly “dragged into a controversy”.
Liquidators for failed engineering services company Hastie Group have a fight on their hands over tens of millions of dollars in unpaid invoices from construction companies, with major builders claiming not only that they don’t have to pay, but that the bills aren’t payable.
The ABC and Fairfax Media are appealing a ruling tossing their truth defence in a case brought by Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Dr Chau Chak Wing.
A gamer has admitted he violated the copyright for Take-Two Interactive’s popular Grand Theft Auto video game by making unauthorised changes to the game that allowed him to manipulate the actions of other online players without their consent.
A Sydney executive of a company specialising in trading rock phosphate has been charged with conspiring to bribe foreign officials in Nauru.
ASIC has filed a lawsuit against ANZ alleging it breached its continuous disclosure obligations in relation to a $2.5 billion institutional share placement, which is also at the centre of a criminal cartel case against the bank.
A sought-after court order by organic baby food maker Bellamy’s to limit legal costs in two class actions won’t come without a fight, a barrister for the shareholders said Friday.