Environment minister Murray Watt has resisted calls to split proposed legislation that would overhaul the country’s environment laws to allow business-friendly parts of the law to move forward first.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared the way for ASX-listed Cuscal’s to acquire payment facilitation supplier Indue, saying it was unlikely to substantially lessen competition.
ASIC wants an injunction against a financial adviser whose “honey pot” marketing allegedly led to 6,000 clients pumping over $520 million into the collapsed Shield and First Guardian funds.
Two senior Johns Lyng Group executives have been dragged into a dispute over the $75 million sale of Nike franchisee Retail Prodigy Group.
Airport operator Australia Pacific Airports Corporation has won its bid to delay an upcoming trial in a dispute with Dexus over alleged breaches of a shareholder deed, after the real estate asset manager discovered 20,000 documents only last week.
Mastercard can pursue an appeal of a ruling for the competition regulator requiring the credit card giant to hand over communications about its agreements with retailers, which are at the centre of a misuse of market power case.
A Perth office employee found to have leered at female colleagues and openly discussed attending sex parties has lost his unfair dismissal case despite his employer’s “shambolic” investigation.
The ACCC will oppose US keg services business Kegstar’s plans to acquire the assets of Konvoy Holdings, saying it would substantially lessen competition for keg pooling services.
Jewellery retailer Lovisa has struck back at an underpayments class action, saying it does not have the burden of disproving the underpayments claims because the applicants have not proven each alleged unpaid overtime hour was actually worked.
Nike has lost its challenge to a Canberra AFL club’s trade mark, with IP Australia finding that the “arc-like feature” depicting a football in flight was not deceptively similar to the sportswear giant’s iconic swoosh mark.