Judge makes complaint to legal watchdog against NSW top prosecutor

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A judge of the District Court in NSW has lodged a formal complaint against the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions after the DPP griped to the court’s top judge about her conduct while presiding over three criminal cases.

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‘Contrary to commercial reality’: Google takes aim at Epic Games’ competition case

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Google has slammed Fortnite game maker Epic Games’ landmark competition case against it as “contrary to commercial reality”, saying its competition with rival tech giant Apple means it is no monopolist.

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Telstra, Optus won’t renew exclusivity deals with Google amid ACCC investigation

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The ACCC has accepted undertakings from Telstra and Optus not to renew agreements requiring them to pre-install Google apps on Android devices as part of its competition probe into Google.

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ANZ cops sanction for charging fees to dead customers

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ANZ has been hit with a sanction by the Banking Code Compliance Committee for failing to stop or refund fees charged to deceased estates after customer deaths, with the bank to pay over $3.2 million to impacted estates. 

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In Wollemi appeal, Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm must prove it’s not just personal

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Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm has lodged an appeal that must convince the Federal Court that her family office’s use of the ‘Wollemi’ trade mark was not just private and personal, but use in trade or commerce that benefitted third parties, not just the family.

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Bonza creditors vote to wind up failed airline

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Bonza creditors voted Tuesday to wind up the budget airline after its administrators at Hall Chadwick ran an “extensive sales campaign” but received no offers to purchase the collapsed airline.

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Backlash from barristers as Chief Justice backs KO of KC in South Australia

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Senior South Australian barristers have called on the state’s top judge to retract public statements reportedly made in support of moves by the Attorney-General to abolish the King’s Counsel title, but the judge has told the indignant members of the Bar his comments were taken out of context.

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Nine to pay $3M to settle class action over Palm Island coverage

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Nine will pay $3 million to settle a class action over its coverage of litigation related to the 2004 Palm Island riots, it has been revealed, after the class action failed to suppress the settlement sum.

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