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The defamation case of sacked CEO of Sydney's City of Parramatta Council against Fairfax Media is "susceptible to settlement", a judge said Wedneday as he flagged the prospect of sending the case to mediation for a second time.
A resale price maintenance notification by Meredith Dairy that would block resellers from selling its goat cheese products below a specified price raises competition concerns, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says.
Kraft Foods has come up short in its high-stakes legal battle against Bega over the right to use its distinctive peanut butter trade dress in Australia, allowing Bega to maintain its hold on the $60 million per year stake in the peanut butter market which it acquired by purchasing Kraft unit Mondelez's Australian and New Zealand business in 2017.
A judge overseeing discovery in a class action against global engineering company CIMIC Group has called out the legal profession for an "extraordinary" new trend of relying on solicitors' affidavits in claiming privilege over evidence.
A Netherlands-based fashion company is challenging a decision by IP Australia to refuse a trade mark for its brand of high-end menswear named after the father of the modern Olympic Games.
Judgment is expected Wednesday in a high-stakes dispute between consumer giants Kraft and Bega over who owns the rights to the signature Kraft peanut butter trade dress in Australia.
Toy giant Lego has resolved an unfair dismissal lawsuit brought by a former executive who claimed he was fired after he returned to Australia early from an overseas secondment to care for his son.
Facing cross-examination on the second day of her defamation hearing against former Senator David Leyonhjelm, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young denied she suggested all men were collectively responsible for violence against women when she said “men behave like morons and like pigs” in a television interview.
Vocus Group has been hit with a shareholder class action alleging the telecommunications company made misleading statements ahead of a profit downgrade in 2017 that sent the price of shares tumbling.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young was close to tears Monday as she told the Federal Court on the first day of trial in her defamation case against former Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm that she felt like she was “being punished for standing up for herself”.