With three months until trial, a judge has knocked back a former ANZ trader’s bid to appeal a decision which barred him from amending his case for what would have been the thirteenth time.
The state of Victoria has sounded alarm bells about an amendment application by a class action over the COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, telling a judge it amounts to a new case with an “infinite number of permutations”.
Green iron start-up Element Zero has said it will fight Fortescue’s bid to access nearly nine million documents collected under a controversial search order in the mining giant’s case alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron.
Monash IVF has won an injunction against its former chief operating officer, who departed after the fertility company’s embryo mix-up came to light, that limits his participation in his new employer’s Australian operations.
US-based analytics company CoreLogic has lost its bid for further particulars in building information provider BCI’s case alleging it scraped content from its LeadManager platform to improve a competing product and procure customers.
Gambling company Tabcorp has been fined $4 million or sending over 5,700 messages to VIP customers that failed to comply with spam laws.
A judge has questioned whether he should decide a tax dispute that will impact how much damages a former HWL Ebsworth client will get in a nine year-old negligence case over a property development.
Major water infrastructure projects in Victoria have secured a $40.6 million boost from a new state and federal funding partnership.
White & Case has snapped up an IT and IP expert from Bird & Bird, citing the increasing need for technological expertise in M&A and private equity transactions.
Optus has agreed to pay a $100 million penalty in a case brought by the ACCC, admitting the watchdog’s allegations that staff pressured customers into buying phones they couldn’t afford.