The government has won court approval to amend its defence mid-trial in a class action brought by businesses alleging they were harmed when the Rudd Government cancelled a program that subsidised home insulation installations during the economic downturn.
Apple has reached an in-principle settlement with the consumer watchdog in an enforcement action over the tech giant’s repair policies, a judge was told Tuesday.
Triclops Technologies has filed an appeal less than one month after the Federal Court dismissed its case alleging a rival infringed its patent for an industrial machine safety system that uses laser fields to detect hazards, but found the patent was valid.
A judge has ordered mediation in the Brisbane floods class action, in which the victims of the 2011 disaster are seeking up to $1 billion in compensation.
The government has released a draft code of practice for a new deferred prosecution scheme under which corporations could avoid charges in exchange for self-reporting serious corporate crimes.
A federal judge on Friday set an August date to hear AMP’s arguments for why competing class actions should be moved to the NSW Supreme Court, but ordered the company to alert the state court to the brewing jurisdictional battle.
HR software company PageUp may be the first company to face a data breach class action in Australia following a new mandatory data breach notification scheme that should make it easier for law firms to recruit class members.
The judge who stayed two of three competing class actions against logistics software company GetSwift wants to square away a common fund order in the winning case before an appeal of his ruling is heard, over the protests of the appealing law firms.
Australia will be the battleground for the first trial in an abuse-of-dominance case against Google by digital advertising startup Unlockd, and expert competition judge John Middleton will be eagerly presiding.
GlaxoSmithKline is pushing for lower penalties in a case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging the pharma giant breached the Australian Consumer Law in the marketing for its Voltaren Osteo Gel and Voltaren Emulgel pain relief products.
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