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Pitcher Partners has been ordered to hand over information about its professional indemnity insurance in two shareholder class actions over its role as Slater & Gordon’s auditor.
APRA slaps Allianz with extra $250M capital requirement over risk management issues
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Insurance company Allianz Australia will need set aside an extra $250 million in capital until it strengthens its risk management, making it the fifth financial institution to be slapped with additional requirements by the prudential regulator.
ICAP scolded for ‘interlocutory skirmishes’ in employee poaching spat
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A judge has criticised two units of global finance firm TP ICAP Group for “unnecessary and over technical interlocutory skirmishes” as they seek damages from two employees who jumped ship to a competitor and allegedly tried to poach staff.
Europcar fined $350,000 after admitting to excessive credit card fees
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Global car rental company Europcar has been ordered to pay $350,000 in penalties, after admitting it charged more than 60,0000 customers excessive fees on Visa and Mastercard transactions.
Dow AgroScience pest control patent lacks inventive step, IP Australia says
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IP Australia has rejected Dow AgriCulture’s bid to patent a smart pest control device, saying the invention lacks an inventive step.
ACCC says five landmark cases against Google, Facebook ‘well advanced’
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is preparing to launch five ground-breaking court cases against internet behemoths Google and Facebook, the regulator’s chair, Rod Sims, said Tuesday.
Google gets contempt of court charge set aside in case over defamatory reviews
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A contempt of court prosecution ordered against Google for failing to immediately remove allegedly defamatory online reviews has been thrown out, with a judge saying the internet giant did not act in reckless or negligent disregard of the court’s removal orders.
‘We’re not in the realm of snake oil’: AFT appeals Maxigesic judgment
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AFT Pharmaceuticals has challenged a Federal Court decision that found its Maxisegic ads were misleading and deceptive, saying the judge “set the bar too high” by requiring it to prove there was an adequate scientific foundation for its painkiller representations.
Judge orders release of emails by lawyer who told ex-Secure Logic exec to destroy computer files
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A judge has ruled that a former executive of cyber security firm Secure Logic Group, who took advice from a lawyer to destroy the contents of a personal computer that allegedly contained confidential infomation from the company, has waived legal professional privilege over the communication.
$100 million class action trailblazer back in the ring with new case on behalf of farmers
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A trailblazing country lawyer who took out seven overdraft extensions to self-fund a landmark $100 million case in the early years of the federal class action regime has stepped back into the ring to run a new case on behalf of dozens of Australian farmers.