The High Court has rejected Aristocrat’s request that it rule again on the patentability of its popular Lightning Link game, after a differently comprised court was split on when computer-implemented inventions can be patented.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on when uncommon use of land amounts to a nuisance in a class action by small business owners over Sydney’s light rail construction.
Real estate fund manager Charter Hall has paid $47 million to purchase a Clinipath Pathology lab in Perth, bolstering its social infrastructure investment trust.
A class action has been filed against a NSW luxury developer and a local council by property owners alleging the land selected for a 683-lot project was unfit for residential development.
Consumer goods giant Clorox has agreed to a $8.25 million penalty for representing to consumers that certain GLAD garbage bags were sourced from plastic fished from the ocean.
Seven Network and Chanel 7 have been hit with a $200,000 defamation judgment for implying three men involved an incident during a 2020 NRL match were racist.
A judge has disqualified himself from presiding over a victimisation case lodged by Queensland senator Pauline Hanson against former colleague Brian Burston.
British banking giant HSBC could face a new claim in ASIC proceedings alleging it failed to adequately protect customers from scams, a court has heard.
The Queensland government has been slammed for delays in two class actions over the removal of Indigenous children, while the state pushes to strike out claims at the heart of the case.
Dovetail’s legal counsel has accused the start-up’s boss of sexually assaulting her during a coercive relationship and claims the head of HR failed to support her and advised “not to shit where you eat”.
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