Just who is entitled to join a Fair Work action against Airservices Australia is still up in the air, a court heard Tuesday, with lawyers clashing over the scope of the employee class five months after the case was filed.
Facing shareholder wrath in the wake of the Royal Commission’s damning revelations, AMP’s three female non-executive directors stepped down on Tuesday.
Volkswagen has been ordered for a third time to provide the court with the names of employees who were involved in approving the emissions cheat software that’s at the center of litigation by Australia’s consumer regulator and several class actions against the German car maker.
Sydney youth Ali Ziggi Mosslmani, whose mullet hairstyle became an Internet sensation after he posted a photo on social media, has been ordered to reactivate his Facebook account for discovery in a defamation case against Nationwide News.
Fairfax Media has been fined and hit with a contempt of court order for reneging on its promise to refrain from advertising its Domain business as “the #1 property app in Australia” while a consumer protection case brought against it by realestate.com.au owner REA Group was ongoing.
JB Hi-Fi has been grilled by the Australian Stock Exchange after slipping news of an earnings downgrade into a presentation at an investment conference.
The company behind Moccona instant coffee has succeeded in its opposition to a patent by rival Nestle’s research and development arm, Nestec, for an automated coffee preparation machine.
A Federal Court judge has given the all-clear to a $132.5 million offer by QBE to settle a class action by shareholders angry about a $5 billion stock market wipeout for the insurance provider.
Young Chinese mining magnate Sha ‘Sally’ Zou has been ordered into mediation to try to resolve a Fair Work spat with the former general manager of her AusGold Mining Group, who claims Zou owes him over $1 million in wages.
California-based acai berry company Sambazon Inc. is suing its former Australian distributors, alleging they have falsely co-opted Sambazon’s narrative as pioneers venturing into the heart of the Amazon to source their superfood.
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