The judge overseeing the lengthy trial between agricultural giants Cargill and Viterra over the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White has shot down Viterra’s request to shield the identity of malting companies that allegedly engaged in shady business practices, including using a banned substance to produce malt.
Executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter could be looking at new Australian laws carrying jail terms if they don’t do more to stop the live streaming of violence on their social media platforms.
Right of entry permits will soon be issued in photo ID format, in an effort to curb what the Federal Government has called abuse by “militant” union officials.
Electricity retailer Click Energy has been ordered to pay $900,000 in penalties for misleading consumers about discounts on their energy bills.
AMP will challenge the admissibility of an expert report central to ASIC’s case over alleged insurance churning by one of the wealth manager’s former financial advisers, after a judge called on the regulator to be more transparent about its communication with the experts in the case.
A Federal Court judge has criticised a Federal Circuit Court judge for the “professional discourtesy” he showed in his treatment of an Iranian refugee’s case, including delaying publication of judgment for 75 days after delivering his reasons orally.
Trader Daniel Schlaepfer and his firm Select Vantage were alerted to possible market manipulation and flaws in the company’s surveillance system, the court has heard mid-trial in the case alleging ASIC made defamatory remarks to the trading firm’s major business partners.
IP Australia has challenged a patent application for a rearward-facing car seat, despite shooting down all the grounds of opposition raised by child safety product maker Dorel.
Aspiring MP Clive Palmer has filed his defence against a lawsuit by US record label Universal Music over his take on the 1980s rock anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’, saying he didn’t infringe any copyright on the song because it’s not original.
The general manager of service station chain Westside Petroleum has been named in a lawsuit by the Fair Work Ombudsman alleging the company shortchanged workers more than $62,000.
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