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Motorola has slammed Hytera for engaging in “industrial espionage on a grand scale”, after more than a thousand Motorola-branded documents were found in the possession of the Chinese radio maker.
Ex-Hastie Services CEO ordered ‘raid’ on balance sheets to make up targets, court hears
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The former CEO of a unit of collapsed construction firm Hastie Group told staff to “raid the balance books” to make up financial targets linked to his bonus, prosecutors said at the outset of a two-month criminal trial.
‘Sensible’ funder won’t stick toxic foam class with costs after last-minute common fund withdrawal
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A judge has praised funder IMF Bentham for not seeking to recover from group members the cost of a withdrawn common fund application in one of Shine Lawyer’s toxic foam class actions, agreeing instead to cop the loss itself.
State Street reaches settlement with super fund in Fearless Girl trade mark spat
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US asset management firm State Street has dropped its trade mark case against superannuation fund HESTA over its Fearless Girl statue, after HESTA agreed to stop all marketing and promotion involving a replica of the famous New York statue.
Garuda hit with $19M penalty for air cargo price-fixing
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Indonesian national airline Garuda has been slapped with a $19 million penalty in the ACCC’s decade-long global cartel case over air cargo price-fixing, bringing the total penalties won by the competition regulator over the cartel to $132.5 million.
AMP faces class actions over allegedly excessive superannuation fees
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AMP has been hit with a class action alleging it breached its duty of care to superannuation members by charging them unreasonably high fees, and a second class action is expected within weeks.
Slater & Gordon to file class action over ‘killer’ kitchen countertops
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Law firm Slater & Gordon is planning a national class action against the makers of kitchen stone benchtops on behalf of thousands of stonemasons who allegedly contracted silicosis when making the popular luxe kitchen surfaces.
GetSwift faces scrutiny by class action law firm after ASX trading halt
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The law firm running a shareholder class action against GetSwift confirmed it was looking at the events surrounding Tuesday’s trading halt by the Australian Stock Exchange but would not be amending its ongoing case against the logistics company in light of it.
Singaporean company to be dragged into Hill & Smith road safety barrier patent dispute
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UK-based building products giant Hill & Smith Holdings wants to drag a Singaporean entity into its road safety patent dispute with Australian company Safe Barriers, whose directors are ex-employees of Hill & Smith.
Yellow Pages maker’s ‘Sensis’ trade mark infringed by rival, court finds
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The maker of the Yellow Pages and White Pages directories, Sensis, has won its IP case against a direct marketing company, with a judge ruling the rival’s Senses Direct mark was deceptively similar to its mark, both visually and aurally.