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Monster Energy has been sued by an inventor who claims that the beverage giant infringed his patent for laser etched pull tabs like those used to package its energy drinks.
‘Too simplistic’: Judges’ support for disclaimer challenged in class action’s High Court appeal
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The farmers leading a class action against Advanta Seeds over contaminated product have brought their case to the High Court, challenging an appeals court’s holding that a disclaimer nullified the company’s duty to protect growers against economic loss.
As trial in family feud nears, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting rebuked for contributing to delay
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A judge has granted a discovery bid by two of Gina Rinehart’s children as a long-running fight over ownership of a valuable mining tenement nears trial, and has rejected her company’s argument that they were solely responsible for dragging out a dispute over documents.
Architecture firm to pay $975,000 for attempting to rig bids on $250M university project
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Award-wining architecture firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall and its former boss have agreed to pay a combined $975,000 in penalties for attempting to rig bids on a $250 million building project at Charles Darwin University.
Carnival wins strike-out bid in class action over gastro outbreaks
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Carnival has won its bid to strike out a class action over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship.
Essure contraceptive ‘safe and efficacious’, Bayer tells class action trial
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Bayer told a jury that clinical trials from the 1990’s to 2014 showed its Essure birth control device was “safe and efficacious”, as the pharmaceutical giant faces trial in a class action by patients who claim they suffered debilitating injuries from the device.
ACCC says it’s too late for regrets in BlueScope price-fixing case
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BlueScope Steel spent $27 million defending the ACCC’s claims that it engaged in serious cartel conduct in relation to the supply of flat steel products in Australia, and its apologies came too late to warrant a penalty discount, a court has heard.
Lachlan Murdoch ‘morally and ethically culpable’ for US Capitol riot, Crikey publisher says
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Crikey publisher Private Media has filed a new contextual truth defence to defamation claims brought by Lachlan Murdoch, arguing the Fox News CEO is “morally and ethically culpable” for the January 6 riot on the US Capitol.
ACCC chair pushes for compulsory merger review regime
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The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for reforms to Australia’s merger laws that would make review by the regulator compulsory, saying the current informal review regime hampers its ability to block anti-competitive deals.
High Court dashes Spain’s challenge to sovereign immunity claims in $394M dispute
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Spain has lost its High Court appeal arguing it had sovereign immunity from an Australian court’s recognition of a $394 million arbitration award against the country for changes to its energy policies.