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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.
Baker McKenzie global chair dies while on exhaustion leave
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International law firm Baker McKenzie has confimed the death of its global chair, Paul Rawlinson, who had been on extended leave, citing exhaustion.
Dental company founder not smiling after firm launches legal action for ‘unlawful payments’
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The founder and former CEO of Smiles Inclusive has been taken to court by the dental company, which accuses him of serious misconduct over allegedly unlawful payments and transactions.
Herbert Smith Freehills partner to helm Australian international arbitration centre
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The head of Herbert Smith Freehills’ Australian international arbitration practice has become the first female to lead the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.
James Cook University unlawfully sacked controversial climate change professor, court finds
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James Cook University unlawfully dismissed a professor who spoke out against the school and one of its scientists over its climate change views, a judge found Tuesday.