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Construction giant Lendlease has been hit with a class action over allegedly inadequate disclosures relating to its engineering and services business, which includes the NorthConnex tunnel road project in Sydney.
Ticket reseller Viagogo duped customers, court finds
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Ticket reseller Viagogo will face penalties after the court found it duped customers into thinking it was an official ticket vendor and failed to disclose booking fees of around 28 per cent, causing some customers to pay hundreds of dollars more than what their tickets were actually worth.
Zoetis appeals security of costs ruling in horse vaccine class action
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Horse vaccine maker Zoetis has appealed a ruling that denied its request for $450,000 as security for costs in an unfunded class action accusing it of failing to warn about the vaccine’s side effects.
High Court refuses special leave to losing GetSwift class action
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The battle over competing shareholder class actions against logistics tech company GetSwift is over, with the High Court rejecting a bid by one of the losing class action applicants to take another look at their case.
IMF Bentham joins forces with US law firm to set up first legal fund in Asia
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IMF Bentham is teaming up with US law firm Boies Schiller Flexner to establish a $30 million fund for Vietnamese businesses to pursue cross-border legal claims, a first for the litigation funder in Asia.
‘One more thing’: Apple can’t stop Swatch from trade marking fave Steve Jobs phrase
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Apple founder Steve Jobs’ penchant for using the phrase “One more thing” as a rhetorical flourish during his highly anticipated “Stevenote” talks — usually before unveiling a new Apple product — does not constitute a trade mark use, according to a decision quashing Apple’s opposition to watch maker’s Swatch’ application to trade mark the phrase in Australia.
Mattel settles patent infringement case over Mecard transformable toys
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US-toy giant Mattel has reached a settlement in a Federal Court case alleging its Mecard toys infringed on a patent for a toy transformation mechanism owned by Canadian toy company Spin Master.
Engineering firm acquired by WorleyParsons sued over $132M arbitration award
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The operator of a Vietnamese mine has filed a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $132 million arbitration judgment against engineering company Jacobs E&C, which was acquired by WorleyParsons in December.
Ex-Aussie Home Loan boss can’t escape $1M ruling that he duped Adcock Private Equity
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Former Aussie Home Loans boss Stephen Porges has lost an appeal of a judgment ordering him to pay more than $1 million to a private equity firm that was found to have been duped into buying his worthless shares in a beleaguered startup.
Midland Metals loses challenge to ‘deceptive’ letters by cable makers group
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Singapore-based cable manufacturer Midland Metals has lost its appeal of a judgment that found the Australian Cablemakers Association did not violate the consumer laws when it sent letters to several Ministers complaining that an electrical cable supplied by Midland was unsafe.