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A unit of Nestle unit has defeated an opposition to a patent for an internet-connected coffee machine that would allow users to read news and weather while making their morning coffee.
Quinn’s fees, funder’s cut slashed in Bank of Queensland class action settlement
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A judge has taken a hatchet to Quinn Emanuel’s fees and the funder’s cut in a $12 million settlement of a class action against Bank of Queensland, a settlement which he previously described as one of the “worst” he’d ever seen.
GSK defeats challenge to breakthrough RSV vaccine patent
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GlaxoSmithKline has won approval for a patent for a vaccine to prevent a common respiratory virus affecting infants, beating out a challenge from a rival that has developed a competing vaccine.
Mark Latham faces $100,000 bill after settling defamation case
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Former MP Mark Latham has agreed to settle a defamation case brought against him by the political editor of pop culture site Junkee, and he could be on the hook for a $100,000 payout.
Judge OKs cut to $30M Palm Island class action settlement for financial advice
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A judge has signed off on an application to set aside a portion of a $30 million settlement in a class action over the 2004 Palm Island riots for financial counselling for registered group members, saying the court had the power to make the landmark order.
ALRC’s ‘leave to proceed’ proposal slammed as de facto class certification
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A late proposal by the Australian Law Reform Commission to introduce a ‘leave to proceed’ mechanism into class actions has been blasted by a major litigation funder and a plaintiffs-side law firm as a de facto class certification procedure that would ramp up costs and add years of delay to cases.
ASIC seeks provisional liquidators for Chinese bottled water co.
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ASIC wants provisional liquidators appointed to Chinese bottled water supplier Tianmei Beverage to determine whether the company has breached the Corporations Act and should be wound up, just two years after the company went public.
Leyonhjelm keeps up parliamentary privilege fight in Sarah Hanson-Young case
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Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm has made good on his threat to challenge a ruling that kept alive a defamation lawsuit brought by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young after he accused her of labelling all men rapists on the sidelines of a Senate debate.
Ex-Aussie Home Loans CEO wins halt to $1M judgment for private equity firm
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Former Aussie Home Loan boss Stephen Porges has secured a temporary stay of a ruling that found he owed Adcock Private Equity more than $1 million for duping the firm into buying his worthless shares in a digital commerce startup.
Ex-Retail Food Group head can’t dodge franchise committee
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The High Court has shot down a request by the former head of food franchisor Retail Food Group that it relieve him from having to appear before a Parliamentary Committee looking into the Franchise Code of Conduct.