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A judge has blasted energy broker Energy Action’s bid for interim orders enforcing a confidentiality agreement against a former employee who jumped ship to a competitor, calling the bid “grossly excessive”.
Medical cannabis distributor wins injunction after suspected hack
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Medicinal cannabis company Vitura Health has won its bid for orders restricting the access of a software partner to its IT systems after an alleged hack.
Mercer Super faces extra licence conditions after APRA finds risk management failures
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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has slapped additional licence conditions on Mercer Superannuation after the prudential regulator identified deficiencies in risk and compliance management by the trustee, which oversees a super fund holding $70 billion of members’ money.
RAMS hit with class action by disgruntled franchisees
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Westpac subsidiary RAMs has been hit with a class action by former franchisees who say their agreements with the home loan provider were terminated without proper cause.
Optus loses second bid to shield Deloitte report from class action
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Optus has lost its appeal of a decision that found the telco could not claim legal professional privilege over a Deloitte report into a major data breach, with an appeals court highlighting the lack of evidence from former CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin.
Bonza administrators win more time to sell collapsed airline
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Administrators of collapsed budget airline Bonza have been given two more months to try to sell the company, with the Federal Court finding a sale would be of greater benefit than liquidation to the airline’s 58,428 creditors, who are owed $116 million.
Seven resurrects ‘7NOW’ trade mark in latest fight with 7-Eleven
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Seven Network has partially succeeded in appealing a decision that revoked its rights to the ‘7NOW’ trade mark for non-use, with the Full Court finding the broadcaster used the mark on its news promotion website.
X subject to Australian jurisdiction in Muslim group’s hate speech case, tribunal says
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The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled that social media giant X must face a human rights complaint brought by a Muslim advocacy group over allegedly dehumanising material on the site.
Jaguar class action judge did not ‘become a witness’ in siding with G+T, says Full Court
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While it was unfair for a judge to pick Gilbert + Tobin to run a class action against Jaguar Land Rover on the condition that it lower its funding rate, the judge was entitled to consider the law firm’s experience in a similar case against Toyota, an appeals court has said in its reasons.
TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson seeks $1.8M in costs in Lehrmann defamation case
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Former Network Ten Lisa Wilkinson in seeking $1.8 million in costs in Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case over an episode of The Project that aired Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations.