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A judge has granted leave to law firm Levitt Robinson to challenge a ruling cutting $1.14 million of its fees from a settled class action against retirement home operator Aveo, finding the appeal was sufficiently arguable.
Global Payments’ plan to acquire Sydney software company School Bytes Learning may substantially lessen competition, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said in outlining preliminary concerns with the deal.
Equitable contribution by Western Power, Ventia and a property owner found jointly liable for the same loss resulting from the Parkerville bushfire in WA must be mathematically equal regardless of how the liability was apportioned, a judge has found.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander, lawyers have said in attacking a report to Parliament that recommends abolishing amendments adding a fault element to the continuous disclosure regime for ASIC cases but requiring shareholders to clear the higher bar in class actions.
Activist organisations are seeking to challenge orders to hand up communications with the Environmental Defenders Office in its failed case against Santos over the $5.6 billion Barossa gas project, arguing there was no legitimate forensic purpose for the material sought.
Concerned that First Nations customers are being targeted, the corporate regulator has ordered the owner of the Urban Rampage clothing chain to end Centrepay credit facilities.
AMP has lost its bid for soft class closure in a class action over allegedly excessive superannuation fees, with a judge finding the court should exercise “real caution” when class closure is opposed by the applicant.
US animal drug manufacturer Zoetis has been granted leave to appeal a ruling that invalidated three of its patents covering pig vaccines.
A judge has issued a self-executing order for the dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit against Monster Energy if the inventor who brought the case fails to pay $350,000 in security for the beverage giant's costs within two weeks.
The law firm behind a class action against Insurance Australia Group has secured a group costs order that will give it 30 per cent of any proceeds -- a contingency fee rate six percentage points higher than the median rate for shareholder cases.