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ASIC has taken American Express Australia to court over two credit cards co-branded with department store David Jones which the regulator alleges customers mistakenly believed were loyalty cards.
Boral’s privilege claim upheld over EY investigation in shareholder class action
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Boral has won its bid to shield from shareholders in a class action three investigative reports, including one by accounting giant EY, concerning financial irregularities in the construction company’s North America windows business.
Telstra on the outs with ACCC over Belong broadband speed claims
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought proceedings against Telstra alleging it misled almost 9,000 customers about the upload speed of its budget internet provider Belong.
Judge rejects barrister’s fishing expedition in doggie defamation case
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A judge has rejected barrister Gina Edwards’ “somewhat speculative” bid to issue interrogatories to Nine, weeks out from trial in a defamation case brought over the media company’s coverage of her custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle.
Alcoa sues AusNet, Powercor over smelter outage
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Aluminium giant Alcoa has sued AusNet and Powercor over a 2016 power outage that left the future of its Victorian smelter site in doubt.
Contradictor blasts Shine’s ‘wholly unreasonable’ $100M legal bill in J&J class actions
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A contradictor in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson has opposed Shine Lawyers recovering $100 million in costs from a $300 million settlement, which a judge has preliminarily found is not fair and reasonable to group members.
As fast food titans go to trial, Hungry Jack’s says its burger ‘clever not deceptive’
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Trial in the battle of the buns has begun, with McDonald’s laying out a case for why its rival’s Big Jack burger infringes its trade mark, and Hungry Jack’s firing back that consumers could not confuse its flame-grilled meal with the iconic Big Mac.
Oil spill class action funder drops injunction bid against barrister
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A litigation funder has abandoned its case seeking to prevent counsel retained by the lead applicant in the settled Montara oil spill class action from providing independent legal advice.
Alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins to sue former minister Linda Reynolds
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Former defence minister Linda Reynolds is facing a civil suit by former staffer Brittany Higgins in relation to her alleged rape inside Reynold’s Parliament House office in 2019.
Westpac can’t keep lid on total premiums paid in ‘junk’ insurance class actions
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Westpac has lost a bid to keep group members in the dark about the premiums paid for allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance, information the bank said could inflate expectations about settlements worth $126 million reached in three class actions.