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A judge on Friday rejected Latitude Finance’s defence in ASIC’s case over Harvey Norman’s ‘interest-free’ ads that no reasonable consumer would expect “a charitable free lunch”.
Ditched by Ashurst, Care A2 set to miss own trade mark trial
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Care A2 is set to miss the trial in its trade mark fight with rival A2 Milk after the baby formula company was ditched by its lawyers at Ashurst days ago.
Class action PR firm denies hurting United Petroleum’s reputation
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The PR firm promoting a class action against United Petroleum has denied it hurt the petrol chain’s reputation by publishing an image depicting it as ‘evil’.
Suppression of Seven reporter’s case a valuable ‘bargaining chip’: judge
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Seven has won a suppression order over an ex-Spotlight reporter’s claim, with a judge finding that public access to the “colourful and embarrassing” claim could adversely affect mediation.
Isuzu can’t stay Directed Electronics case despite $170M trade secrets win
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Vehicle maker Isuzu can’t shut down an $18 million suit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over a former employee’s alleged theft of trade secrets.
New battle in Lexapro patent war between Lundbeck, Sandoz
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Novartis unit Sandoz is appealing a tribunal decision in favour of pharmaceutical company Lundbeck over a licence to sell a generic version of leading antidepressant Lexapro.
Holding Redlich brings on team from KPMG Law
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Holding Redlich has added a partner and team of six from KPMG Law to boost its public and government law practice.
Ashurst sours on repping Care A2 in trade mark stoush
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Bix Six firm Ashurst has dropped Care A2 as a client on the eve of trial in the dairy company’s long-running battle to quash rival A2 Milk’s trade marks.
‘A bottle of wine every night’: Ex-Noumi CFO’s non-disclosures caused him to spiral
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The former CFO of Noumi has been hit with a $100,000 penalty and four-year ban for his involvement in the company’s continuous disclosure breaches, which a judge heard caused him to drink a bottle of wine every night.
Mastercard can’t appeal ACCC’s ‘novel’ use of judicial notice rule
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The court has rejected Mastercard’s bid to appeal an evidentiary win for the ACCC in the regulator’s misuse of market power case against the payments giant.