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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought action against mining equipment company Qteq and its executive chairman Simon Ashton over allegations of bid rigging and other cartel conduct.
Mastercard fails to patent fraud-fighting data processing system
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Mastercard has lost a bid to patent a data processing system used to prevent fraud on payment card networks, with an IP delegate Australia ruling the invention “does not rise above an idea.”
High Court rejects Western Power appeal in bushfire class action
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The High Court has unanimously dismissed Western Power’s challenge to a judgment which found the state-owned electricity supplier breached its duty of care to inspect power poles on private land and was partly liable for property damage from the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.
NSW government has to prove $3B light rail was ‘necessary’, class action says
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Closing a class action trial over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail, a lawyer for 3,500 small businesses told a judge Wednesday the NSW government had to show that building the tram network was a “reasonably necessary” addition to the city’s transport options.
Judge shaves $5M off agreed penalty in ACCC case against Uber
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A judge has imposed a $21 million penalty on Uber for misleading customers through platform-wide cancellation messages and estimated fares on its Uber Taxi option, $5 million short of the “very substantial” sum jointly agreed by the parties.
Carnival hit with class action over gastro outbreaks on cruise ship
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Carnival unit P&O Cruises has been hit with a class action by passengers who say their holidays were ruined by norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship.
Alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann hires top defamation lawyer
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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has retained defamation lawyer Mark O’Brien to mull legal action against media outlets over coverage of comments following an aborted rape trial.
Two more class actions filed over wages for junior doctors
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Expanding their campaign to recoup alleged unpaid overtime pay for junior doctors, law firms Gordon Legal and Hayden Stephens & Associates have launched two new class actions against hospital operators.
$4B in suspicious funds churned through SkyCity casino, AUSTRAC claims
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AUSTRAC has launched court proceedings against SkyCity Adelaide for allegedly allowing more than $4 billion in suspicious customer transactions at its casino, including with cash that “appeared to have been buried”.
K&L Gates poaches three partners from HWL Ebsworth
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US multinational firm K&L Gates has grown its ranks in Australia, luring three partners from HWL Ebsworth to join its corporate team.